Explains monarchies, a political system in which political power is held by an individual and whom receives power through hereditary rule, and provides examples of governments run by this system.
Content Note
What is government? -- Queen Elizabeth II, a modern monarch -- What is a monarchy? -- Key monarchies in world history -- The origins and expansion of power -- Staying in power -- Succession in monarchies -- How monarchies end -- Monarchies and international relations -- Monarchies, media, and celebrity -- Downsides to modern monarchies -- Positive attributres of modernmonarchies.