In the modern usage, a democracy is a system where the people all
exercise the power to directly elect representatives from amongst
themselves, and thus form a government body, like the Parliament. It is
sometimes referred to as the "rule of the majority". Nowadays, this type
of rule is the most popular one.
When King Menes united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt by establishing a succession of rulers from the same family, he founded the first Egyptian dynasty.
