Oligarchy comes form the Greek word for few, and is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with an elite class distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, commercial, and/or military legitimacy.
Ancient Sparta was a military Oligarchy.
The rule absolute monarchs is and Oligarchy.
Democracy was the ancient Athenian invention to prevent the rise of Oligarchies.
However, it does not seem to work for commercial Oligarchies, the grip of which we are currently experiencing (multinational corporations and banks).
It is called oligarchy.
An aristocracy government was ruled by one King/Queen, an oligarchy government was ruled by the few.
an oligarchy is ruled by an elite group; an absolute monarchy is ruled by a single individual.
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It was ruled only by a selected few, called an oligarchy
An oligarchy is not run by one person. An oligarchy is a group of people leading a place
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Sparta.
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Since the government of Sparta was an oligarchy it was ruled by few.