monarchy or tyrant choose one of them one only
They were governed by a system of government called an Oligarchy. It meant ruled by few. These few people were normally rich people and they could overturn kings.
Oligarchy
An oligarchy is a form of government where all power is vested in a few people, or a dominant class or clique. It is a society governed by the few.
A democracy is a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
Federalist
Democracy- a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. Oligarchy- a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few. Got it?(:
A Political System Map Is Pretty Much a Map Of the World that shows all the political systems (Monarchy,Democracy,Dictatorship...) Of All Of the Countries. Often Each Political System will be given a color, and each country will be colored in based on the Political System they use. However, It is difficult to find one of these, and few are updated to modern times.
Democracy is (theoretically) governed by all of the people. An oligarchy is ruled by a small group of people... as "oli-" means "few." Some might argue that the broken democratic system of the US is creating a specific type of oligarchy called a plutocracy, which is when the wealthy rule.
oligarchyOligarchy is the form of government. This is the form that only few people rule.
Civic and political participation is important so that decisions are not made by a few people. Participation by the masses insures greater freedom.
An oligarchy is "a government in which power is in the hands of a few."
Oligarchy is a form of government where most political power rests with a small segment of society (i.e. the most powerful, whether by wealth, military strength, ruthlessness, or political influence). Oligarchy is from the Greek for "few" and "rule." Some theorists argue that all societies are inevitably oligarchies no matter the supposed political system.