The absolutism of Louis xiv of France and Philip 2 were similar in that the rulers had unlimited power and everyone was a subject of the ruler and owed loyalty and obedience to the ruler. Power was centralized in the monarch. The r<span>ulers also dominated cultural life.</span>
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The answer is 2002. Texas
Republicans gained power over of the Texas House of Representatives for the
first time since Reconstruction. The newly elected Republican government
engaged in an exceptional mid-decade redistricting<span> plan. In 2002, after winning a majority of seats in the
State House of Representatives, Republicans gained complete control of the
legislature. Tom Delay and Rick Perry<span> , who had the position of US House Majority Leader in
January 2003, the Republican majority pioneered legislation to redraw the court-drawn
districts from 2001. The result was a gain of six seats by the
Republicans in the 2004 elections, giving them a majority of the state's designation
for the first time since Reconstruction.</span></span>
Both Shang and Zhou governments were feudal states, meaning that there was a ruling dynasty which controlled the whole country, and then other classes which were below it, ending with peasants.
In Shang, women could rule. Zhou created their own currency.
It brought tension and strife between USSR And US resulting in a Cold War
