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For the Greeks (or more particularly the Athenians) any system which excluded power from the whole citizen-body and was not a tyranny or monarchy was described as an oligarchy. Oligarchies were perhaps the most common form of city-state government and they often occurred when democracy went wrong.
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Egyptian civilization - Government. Government and religion were inseparable in ancient Egypt. The pharaoh was the head of state and the divine representative of the gods on earth.
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