We think of many historic rulers as autocrats, with rule based on heredity and the sword. Before the Age of Enlightenment, the main exceptions were the
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The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World – five of which were created by the Greek people. Credit: http://www.ancient.eu – http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/1115.jpg?v=1363703679/CC BY-SA 4.0Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Along with the Great Pyramid at Giza and…