European countries believed that power depended on wealth. They thought that there was only so much wealth in the world and a country could only become rich at the expense of another country. This idea can best be described as

- a government ruled by the people, or assembly. officials monarchy - a single ruler like a king. over time some city-states, like athens would change governments. what this means is that all the citizens voted on all the laws.

"the attempts of the proletariat to rise above this abasement"

the structure was most likely used for;

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