Where did the monarchy go? We were ruled by kings, queens, emperors, and empresses but today almost every monarchy disappeared. This video answers what happened to monarchies. And why don't modern monarchies have any power? We will also talk a bit about the rise of democracy.
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Sources - Websites
- https://www.britannica.com/place/France/Political-ideology
- https://face2faceafrica.com/article/africas-last-three-monarchies-remain-standing#:~:text=Before%20now%20in%20Africa%2C%20kings,pushed%20them%20into%20the%20background.
- https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/AFR/africa/life-expectancy#:~:text=The%20current%20life%20expectancy%20for,a%200.46%25%20increase%20from%202019
https://pressbooks.nscc.ca/worldhistory/chapter/chapter-8-absolutism/
https://pressbooks.nscc.ca/worldhistory/chapter/the-english-civil-war-and-the-glorious-revolution/
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https://www.history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/romanov-family-executed
https://www.britannica.com/summary/Russian-Revolution
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Puyi
https://www.historyhit.com/puyi-last-emperor-of-china/

Sources - Books
F. Fukuyama (1992) The End of History and The Last Man. The Free Press. New York
J. J. Rousseau (2004) The Social Contract. Penguin Books. London
W. Doyle (2019) The French Revolution. Oxford University Press. Oxford
A Brief History Of Spain (2019) J. Black. Robinson. Cornwall
Blood and Iron (2022) K. Hoyer. The History Press. Cheltenham
K. Ghattas (2020) Black Wave. Wildfire. Headline. London
Smith, S. A. (2002) The Russian Revolution – A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. Oxford

Sources - Journal Articles
Franz Michael (1955). State and Society in Nineteenth-Century China. World Politics, 7, pp 419-433 doi:10.2307/2009000