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==Examples of Theocracies==
 
==Examples of Theocracies==
 
* Pagan kingdoms and empires under god-kings and [[pharaoh]]s and [[shaman]]s in ancient times before 1000 B.C. and up into the 19th century, in the [[Far East]], [[India]], [[Africa]], Pre-colonial [[Americas]] and [[Polynesia|Pacific islands]].
 
* Pagan kingdoms and empires under god-kings and [[pharaoh]]s and [[shaman]]s in ancient times before 1000 B.C. and up into the 19th century, in the [[Far East]], [[India]], [[Africa]], Pre-colonial [[Americas]] and [[Polynesia|Pacific islands]].
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* [[Israel]] was a theocracy before [[Saul|King Saul]] was anointed c. 1040 as God's representative, subject to the prophet [[Samuel]].
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* [[Plato]]'s ideal [[Republic]].
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* The [[Kingdom of Judah|United Monarchy of Judah and Israel]] under the anointed kings [[David]] and [[Solomon]], and then Judah under the anointed kings in the line of David, from [[Rehoboam]] to [[Zedekiah]] ([[Fall of Jerusalem|Siege of Jerusalem 587 B.C.]])
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* [[Israel]] was a theocracy before [[Saul|King Saul]] was anointed c. 1040 as God's representative, subject to the prophet [[Samuel]].  
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* [[Plato]]'s ideal [[The Republic (Philosophy)|Republic]] (c. 350 B.C.).
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* The [[Kingdom of Judah|United Monarchy of Judah and Israel]] under the anointed kings [[David]] and [[Solomon]], and then Judah under the anointed kings in the line of David, from [[Rehoboam]] to [[Zedekiah]] ([[Fall of Jerusalem|Siege of Jerusalem 587 B.C.]])
   
* After the [[Maccabees|Maccabean Revolt]], [[Judea]] was a theocracy 152 B.C. to 63 B.C. under the [[Hasmoneans|Hasmonean dynasty]] of the high priests.
 
* After the [[Maccabees|Maccabean Revolt]], [[Judea]] was a theocracy 152 B.C. to 63 B.C. under the [[Hasmoneans|Hasmonean dynasty]] of the high priests.
  
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