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* The [[Byzantine Empire]] and [[Europe|Christian Europe]] under the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperors]], 4th through 15th centuries. [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]] holds that a true emperor is God's anointed representative on earth.
* The [[Byzantine Empire]] and [[Europe|Christian Europe]] under the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperors]], 4th through 15th centuries. [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]] holds that a true emperor is God's anointed representative on earth.
* [[Arabia]] and the [[Middle East]] under [[Mohammed]] and [[Islam]]ic [[caliph]]s and [[sultan]]s
* [[Arabia]] and the [[Middle East]] under [[Mohammed]] and [[Islam]]ic [[caliph]]s and [[sultan]]s
* [[Geneva|Geneva, Switzerland]] during the [http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/14.html Genevan Reform under John Calvin].
* [[Geneva|Geneva, Switzerland]] during the [http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/14.html Genevan Reform under John Calvin].
* The several hundred year old [[Buddhist]] theocracy, established in [[Tibet]] with the assumption of power by the Dalai Lamas in 1642, inaugurating the era of "harmonious blend of religion and politics", and headed by the current [[Dalai Lama]], before [[atheist]] [[Communist China]] invaded in 1950 in order to "liberate" it from religion.
* [[Salt Lake City]] and [[Utah]] under the prophets and Council of Elders of the [[Mormonism|Latter-day Saints]] in the 19th century in the United States.
* [[Salt Lake City]] and [[Utah]] under the prophets and Council of Elders of the [[Mormonism|Latter-day Saints]] in the 19th century in the United States.