Essay On Monarchy

Monarchy is a term that denotes the political system in which supreme authority is vested in a single person and is passed on through line of inheritance. Succession usually passes from father to son or follows other arrangements within the family or monarchical dynasty. The person who rules is called ‘monarch’. It comes from the Greek word ‘monarchia’, ‘mono’ meaning ‘alone’ and ‘archein’ to rule.

The monarchy is the oldest form of government, existing long before any type of record. It started in small communities, tribes, where the most able hunter, capable to feed and protect his people, became the leader. He was the first monarch. Later, as people settled and communities grew into towns, the wisest and strongest man or woman became the first ruler. The monarch had to take care of his people, to be a good warrior. Later, not only his abilities and charisma were enough to rule, he had to assure the prosperity of his subjects. This could be made by developing proper infrastructural and state-building programs, as in the hydraulic civilizations (ancient Babylonian, Chine...