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are the dynasties of china called a monarchy?

Originally posted by: konichiwa
I've usually heard them referred to as empires...
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i dont think empire is a form of government...or is it?

China transferred from empire to republic?
or
China trasnferred from monarchy to republic

so far i think the second one sounds more politically correct and better but i may be wrong.
 
To my knowledge, the word empire doesn't describe the underlying political structure (an empire could be any form of rule) whereas monarchy does.
 
empire

n 1: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress 2: a group of countries under a single authority: "the Roman empire" 3: a monarchy with an emperor as head of state 4: a group of companies run as a single organization [syn: conglomerate] 5: somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple [syn: Empire]
 
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