He ruled from 1792 to 1750 B.C.E. He was a very successful ruler, who conquered many groups and cities. As his empire grew he saw a need to unify his people with one set of laws for all to follow. In addition, he wanted to make sure that his people accepted his authority as king completely without question, which he believed came directly from the gods. Hammurabi had his scribes create the world's first written, comprehensive law code.
Explain how Henry II quickly established himself as a secure and powerful king of England? Henry II used many different techniques and strategies to establish himself as a powerful king of England. Firstly, Henry was already a powerful man even before he became King of England. He inherited a huge section of France including Normandy and Anjou, as well as receiving Aquitaine when he married Eleanor. This huge amount of land that was under his controlled was known as the Angevin Empire, this land meant that Henry wasn’t going to be just King of England but also lord of half of France.
They believed God choose them and acquire power for unity of their countries. France is the most suitable example for absolute monarchy. King Louis XIV’s ‘’I’m the state’’ statement also explains only God can say if he was wrong or right. On the other hand, the other type of government was parliamentary monarchy, in which kings shared power with their representatives who selected by the nobility and urban classes and he is legally bound by constitutions of his country. In contrast to absolute monarchs, parliament is responsible for economic and external issues.
1. Critically analyze the main functions and powers of Congress. Introduction: Congress, which is made up of the House of Representatives and Senate is seen as the most independently powerful legislature in the world as it is fiercely protective of its constitutional position. Its main aim is to exert independence from executive influence, which in many occasions it has, especially its stance with the Health Care Bill. This independence derives from the constitution as the founding fathers suggested Congress was to be “the central element of the new political system” allowing Congress to perform checks and balances on a powerful executive.
Louis XIV personified the pure absolutist ruler at his best. He is the head of the state, the army, the religion leader and or one can say he had the power over everything. He used massive public works projects such as veterans’ hospitals and new fortified towns on the frontiers to represent his military might. He
Factors That Led To the Rise of Absolute Monarchs in Europe The rise of absolute monarchies goes way back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when a number of monarchs’ in the Eastern and Western regions of Europe increased the powers given to their central governments. By doing this, the kings, sultans and emperors secured their ultimate positions as the supreme leaders and possessors of all the power. They further strengthened their powerful positions by surrounding themselves with followers and advisers who strongly advocated for absolutism Mooers, C. (1991). Anyone who tried to oppose their authority and behaviors was vehemently replied that the source of their rights and powers were from God in a belief that was known as Divine right. The subjects looked at divine right kings and thought they would incorporate the will of God in their politics, however majority of the kings disregarded this and turned their rule into tyrannies from which they secured their selfish needs.
Nationalism: The French Revolution Out of many modern ideologies to come out of Europe in the 18th century, one of the greatest ones manifested itself out of the French Revolution. During this revolution, nationalism arose off of the backs of the third estate. Nationalism is "the movement to unify a country under one government based on the perceptions of the population's common history, customs, and social traditions." (Western Civilizations, Coffin) With nationalism came a sense of patriotism, one of the many that ties that started to unite the people of France. Prior to the French Revolution, France was divided into various regions, ruled over by a king and noblemen.
Word Count: 1529 The Bourbons ruled France absolutely for 230 years from 1589 to 1715, by using the Divine right of Kings, and uniting religiously to consolidate power in the country, developing a profitable fur trade, and introducing the new system of taxation, military, and meritocracy, hiring many ministers with talent. The power he had could be clearly seen by the brilliance of French culture of the time, and the luxury of the French court and his palace at Versailles. One strategy the Bourbons used was making it seem as though they had the Divine right of Kings, meaning God ordained Louis XIV to rule France. This enabled full power of the monarch in the country, and weakened the civilians and nobles. Since most people were Catholic, it was easy for him to instill obedience using propaganda.
Louis the 14th was a very powerful king that had many positive influences over the country of France. As absolute monarch, Louis the 14th had an incredible strategy for ruling and improving his county, making him noteworthy of the title as the greatest king in the history of his country. Louis was able to increase France’s economy by producing its own goods to trade with other countries, as opposed to purchasing goods from other places, which proves to be more costly. In addition to that, he assembled the most advanced army in Europe at that time. Interestingly, Louis became a patron of the arts, and greatly shaped France’s culture by emphasizing the importance of art and theater, climaxing with the Palace at Versailles.
The third estate now held the majority in France under the new constitution. The revolutionary boldness of the third estate therefore was a contributing factor to the French revolution and without the Enlight¬enment; the third estate might not have had as much courage and boldness. The “Declarations of the rights of man and the citizen” was issued in the 26th of August 1789, which was not long after the Tennis Court Oath. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was set of individual rights and col-lective rights, of all of the estates as one. It was influenced by the doctrine of natural rights, these rights were universal; they were supposed to be valid in all times and places, pertaining to human