Representative democracy.
The Romans elected representatives to represent them in the Roman senate.
The most powerful person in ancient Egypt was the pharaoh. The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'. As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt.
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True as Elizabeth I died in 1603 and they were defeated by the Spanish Armanda in 1588.