Two monarchs have ruled simultaneously in some countries, as in the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta or the joint sovereignty of spouses or relatives ( e. g., William and Mary of Kingdom of England and Scotland, Peter and Ivan of Russia, Charles and Joanna of Castile, etc.

So does Kenneth Kitchen, who argues that Solomon ruled over a comparatively wealthy " mini-empire ", rather than a small city-state, and considers 666 gold talents a modest amount of money.

Another city-state, though lacking sovereignty, was West Berlin ( 1948 – 90 ), being a state legally not belonging to any other state, but ruled by the Western Allies.

André Lemaire states in Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple that the principal points of the biblical tradition with Solomon as generally trustworthy, as does Kenneth Kitchen, who argue that Solomon ruled over a comparatively wealthy " mini-empire ", rather than a small city-state.

Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the Archons, the city-state of Athens was ruled by kings.

The city-state of Gezer ( named Gazru in Babylonian and unrelated to modern day Gaza which was named Hazzatu ) was ruled by four leaders during the 20-year period covered by the Amarna letters circa 1350 BC.

He ruled the area of the upper Tigris, including the city-state of Assur.

The locale is Draj, a city-state ruled by a powerful sorcerer-king.

The Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1996, stating that " Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop.

Nicocles ( in Greek Nικoκλῆς ; ruled 251 BC ) was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city-state of Sicyon in the 3rd century BC ; to which position he raised himself in 251 BC by the murder of Paseas, who had succeeded his son Abantidas in the sovereign power.

" They found the city-state of Themyscira in ancient Turkey, which is ruled by sisters Hippolyta and Antiope.

The city-state of Dalaran in the Warcraft Universe is ruled by a group of wizards called the Kirin Tor.

In 2415, after a virus in 2011 wiped out 99 % of the Earth's population, all of the survivors inhabit Bregna, a walled city-state, which is ruled by a congress of scientists.

Mytilene was founded in the 11th century BC by the family Penthilidae, who arrived from Thessaly, and ruled the city-state until a popular revolt ( 590 – 580 BC ) led by Pittacus of Mytilene ended their rule.

He was born into the aristocratic, warrior class that dominated Mytilene, the strongest city-state on the island of Lesbos and, by the end of the seventh century BC, the most influential of all the North Aegean Greek cities, with a strong navy and colonies securing its trade-routes in the Hellespont.

However, in the 17th and 18th centuries Bern encouraged industrial development in Unteraargau and by the late 18th century it was the most industrialized region in the city-state.

The Venetians gained control over most of Dalmatia by 1428, with exception of the city-state of Dubrovnik which became independent.

:* Vivane ( city-state, under occupation by Thera )

These included reforming state schools by increasing the number of primary school educational stages, the restoration of trams as public transportation in the city-state, and more pedestrian-friendly real estate development.

In the fictional Discworld universe created by author Terry Pratchett, the city-state of Ankh-Morpork contains numerous Guilds ( including respective Guilds for Assassins, Beggars and Fools, as well as Thieves and others ), all of which have a monopoly on the various trades which they dominate.

By the time the Spanish came to Honduras, the once great city-state of Copán was overrun by the jungle, and the surviving Ch ’ orti ’ were isolated from their Choltian linguistic peers to the west.

Her position as a Marchesa required her serious attention, therefore she was required to study the problems faced by a ruler of a city-state.

The name of the region also survives in the tribal designation of the ancient population of Latins, Latini in the Latin language spoken by them and passed on to the city-state of Ancient Rome.

The Walls of Dubrovnik are a series of defensive wall | defensive stone walls, never breached by hostile army, that have surrounded and protected a maritime city-state of Dubrovnik ( Republic of Ragusa | Ragusa ), situated in southern Croatia.

* Istorie Florentine ( 1520 – 1525 ) — Florentine Histories, an eight-volume history book of the city-state, Florence, commissioned by Giulio di Giuliano de ' Medici, later Pope Clement VII.

Founded by the Phoenicians in the mid-9th century BC, it was a powerful thalassocratic city-state with a vast commercial network.

Seattle, Washington remains under U. S. control by treaty as a city-state enclave, and most game materials are set there and assume campaigns will use it as their setting.

The Bravo attacks European anti-republicanism, by depicting Venice as a city-state where a ruthless oligarchy wears the mask of the " serene republic ".

The city was founded by Ancient Greek Corinthians and became a very powerful city-state.

* Yacothia From Sims Medieval is mention theocratic city-state and is the holy city / birthplace of Jacobanism, as it's the birthplace of prophet Jacob and the home of the Proxy, run by a High Priest or Priestess.

* The Goblin Tower by L. Sprague de Camp ( 1968 ) ( episode set in the theocratic city-state of Tarxia )

The Swiss Guard is a small force maintained by the Holy See and is responsible for the safety of the Pope, including the security of the Apostolic Palace and access to the entrances to the city-state.

* The powerful Mayan city-state Xukpi ( Copán ) is defeated by a rival city-state, Quiriguá.

Because of the nature of the hero that it represented, it soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family.

In 1284 the Pisans were defeated by the Genoese fleet at the Battle of Meloria, and the city was able to free itself: it became the first and only early independendant renaissance city-state of Sardinia, with statutes of its own, allied to Genoa ; the Genoese were pleased to see it thus withdrawn from Pisan control.

During the second year of the Peloponnesian War ( 430 BC ), the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece was hit by a devastating epidemic, known as the Plague of Athens, which killed, among others, Pericles and his two elder sons.

While the shaman's task was to negotiate between the tribe and the spirit world, on behalf of the tribe, as directed by the collective will of the tribe, the priest's role was to transfer instructions from the deities to the city-state, on behalf of the deities, as directed by the will of those deities.

The Left Party suffered serious losses in the 2006 elections for the city-state government of Berlin, losing nearly half of its vote and falling to 13 percent — slightly ahead of the Greens.

Upon leaving the university, he worked for the government of the city-state of Hamburg, working in the department of economic policy.

The government of the city-state of Hamburg is known as the Senate of Hamburg, and from 1961 to 1965 Schmidt was the Innensenator, that is Minister of the Interior.

In 1523 the government of the city-state of Zurich pressured nuns to leave their monasteries and marry, and followed up the next year by dissolving all monasteries in its territory, under the pretext of using their revenues to fund education and help the poor.

The university developed from an initial collaboration between the local government of the city-state of Bremen, the University of Bremen and Rice University, USA.

A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government.

A city-state can also be defined as a central city and its surrounding villages, which together follow the same law, have one form of government, and share languages, religious beliefs, and ways of life.

Also, some government authorities of Malta, uses the term of city-state.

Comparisons focused on the modern nation-state and its relationships to the more traditional feudal city-state government.

The Curia Hostilia and the well of the Comitium in the Forum Romanum, two extremely important locations in the government of the city-state and its empire, were located within the pomerium.

The city-state of Sparta provided Plato with a real-world model for this form of government.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority is the government agency responsible for the urban planning of Singapore, which seeks to implement efficient land use, minimise pollution while maintaining convenient transport, which are Singapore's largest concerns because of its situation as a city-state.

Derived from the word polis (" city-state "), it has a range of meanings, from ' the rights of citizens ' to a ' form of government '.

" Res publica " is not an exact translation of the Greek word " politeia " that Plato used in the title of his dialogue: " politeia " is a general term indicating the various forms of government that could be used and were used in a Polis or city-state.

However, fears of the MCP-backed insurgency taking over Singapore and using it as a base against Malaya gave reason for the Malayan government to admit Singapore as a member state, and for Singapore, the promise of independence from British colonial rule and economic growth with a guaranteed common market between the two nations gave the city-state reason enough to join the federation.

The young Countess personally dealt with all issues concerning the government of her city-state, both public and private.

A new form of government had evolved, the city-state, which Hellenes termed the polis.

In 1840 the Senate of Hamburg ( city-state government ) passed a law stating that " künftighin auch ein oder zwei Mitglieder der hiesigen israelitischen Gemeinde, wenn sie sonst dazu qualifiziert wären, Notare werden könnten " ( in future also one or two members of the local Jewish community might become notaries, if they otherwise were duly qualified ).