Almost all rulers from the Antiquity belived, and/or forced their people to believe, they had the right to rule by direct divine intervention.
Judaism, with Abram (later renamed Abraham by Yahweh), took a step further.
The followers of Abram, after the Sacred Covenant, were entitled as the "God's Chosen People", which did not happened in other ancient religions, who respected the existence of other gods.
Christians, as well as buddhists, animists or any other religion followers, are not considered as "Chosen People" by Yahweh.
Modern anthropology consider these considerations as a form of ethnocentrism.
That depends on what leaders you are talking about.
Some leaders, like the Pharaohs, didn't claim the right from anyone. They said that they were gods, and gave themselves the right to rule.
In other areas, the King might claim that he was chosen by god, but other leaders would govern in the king's name.
Other places claim the right is given to them by the people (in democratic-type governments).
Other people just think things need to be changed, and so making things right is the justification.
In yet other areas, power gives you the right to rule. If you can take down the current leader, then you have the right to rule because you are the strongest.
because they are a high place and their territory is their heaven No, it means they are royal blood and they are near God. They use the mandate of Heaven which means that God gave them the right to rule.
Beacuse zues decides on 3 main parts. the god of the sky and god of the gods, and ruler of the sea and earthquakes, and the underworld. Zeus got the sky and he GAVE posiden the sea and gave hades the underworld. Hades did not chooes the underworld and him and sues have never gotten along.
Hermes is the God of, messenger's, and travel.
Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld.
Morpheus is the god of dreams.
The Sumerians believed in divine kingship, which asmeant that the right to rule was god-given.
Some did it depends what god.
the monarchs
The Egyptian pharaoh rule and derive their authority from god and were considered divine. From the chapter I of "The West" under "The kings and the gods in the old kingdom".
god gave them the right to rule
monarchs or pages
God gave them the right. They thought this to be true.
divine right theory
Divine right of kings. This concept asserts that a monarch's authority to rule comes directly from God, making their power absolute and not subject to challenge. It was a widely held belief in many European monarchies during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
divine right theory
The Sumerians believed in the divine right of kings, which meant that the right to rule was god-given.
This was formally known as the divine right of kings.