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The only Absolute Monarchies today are Swaziland, Brunei, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the surprising one, Vatican City. I'm not sure about Tonga, where the King still holds a lot of power.
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Describe the decision - making role of citizens in countries that are dictatorships and in coutries that are absolute monarchies?
Describe the decision-making role of citizens in countries that are dictatorships and in countries that are absolute monarchies.
What countries still have absolute monarchies today?
Saudi Arabia
What are is the purpose of an absolute monarchies?
To completely control a society/people.
Who supported absolute monarchies?
a French philosopher: Thomas Hobbes
What replaced absolute monarchies that was equivalent to that system of government?
Dictatorship
What ways were Prussia and Austria were similar?
They both were absolute monarchies.
What monarchies were absolute monarchies?
As of 5 August 2010, several nations continue to employ absolute monarchy as a system of government:BruneiOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaSwazilandVatican CityHowever, Vatican City can also be described as a theocracy.
How are constitutional monarchies and absolute monarchies alike and different?
i don't know the way that they are alike, but the absolute the ruler can legally do whatever he/she wants, but as the constitutional, the ruler is bound by the constitution and it's laws.
What was the status of people in absolute monarchies?
In an absolute monarchy ordinary people have to be uncomplaining, loyal and obedient subjects.
What countries have monarchies in Africa?
There are three African countries that are run by monarchies and earn the title 'Kingdom'. They are Lesotho, Morocco and Swaziland. Lesotho and Morocco have constitutional monarchies, meaning that the monarch is also the head of state by the laws of the constitution. The United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark and Sweden are examples of constitutional monarchies. Swaziland, however, has an absolute monarchy, so that the monarch shares the titles of head of state and head of government, not restricted by a constitution or law. Along with Brunei, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia, Swaziland is the only current absolute monarchy, and is the only non-Islamic absolute monarchy. Previous African monarchies included Zululand in South Africa, Ashanti in Ghana and varying sub-national monarchies in present-day Uganda.
How is absolute monarchy power transferred?
It passes from reigning monarch to legitimate heir when the reigning monarch dies or abdicates. The specifics of what defines a legitimate heir depends on the absolute monarchy. In some monarchies, the family member must be male -- but in others it can be female. In some monarchies, it must be a child of the current monarch -- but in others it can be a sibling. In some monarchies, if there is no immediate family, a new royal family is sought -- but in others, a more distant family member is sought.
As absolute monarchies disappeared what similar system of government sometimes replaced them?
After centuries of absolutism e.g., England and France became parliamentary (or constitutional ) monarchies.
