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MAPPING MONARCHIES IN ASIA

royal families today operate as constitutional monarchies, where the monarch acts as the head of state but is not the sole source of political power, which is usually ordered through a parliamentary system. Absolute monarchies, on the other hand, place unlimited power in the hands of the monarch. Often as not, succession passes from one generation to the next within a monarchical dynasty

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

POPULATION: 6.5 milio n KING: ABDULLAH II BIN AL- HUSS EIN This small kingdom emerged after the division of the Middle East by Britain and France after WWI. King Abdullah II has a significant amount of power, with the jurisdiction to implement governments

key events 2600 BCE

lege nds Absolute Monarchy

Constitutional Monarchy Foundation of the world’s first monarchy in Sumeria (modernday Iraq)

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