<span>The correct answer is "by the ruling monarch." "Absolute monarchies" means that the ruler, or monarch, has total control. Thus, this monarch will be the one to determine the citizens' rights. "Elected legislature" would be a body of representatives that the people elect to then determine the citizens' rights. "By the citizens themselves" would be a direct democracy, in which each person has a direct vote. "By the nobility" would be more like an oligarchy, in which several, high-ranking people are the most powerful.</span>
The philosopher, Plato, is the author of "The Republic." Around 380 BC.
The blockade by the soviet union (russians) which caused the u.s. to resort to the berlin airlift which is flying a bunch of supply planes to berlin because the blockade kept them from retrieving anything overseas.
I think the answer is A. I am not 100% positive though.