What is despotism? what are its main features? How did the relationship between the state

What is despotism? what are its main features? How did the relationship between the state and the individual develop in the ancient East?

Despotism is a form of government when the monarch has unlimited power and independently regulates the internal life of the state and its foreign policy.

Traits:

1. Non-observance of the rights and freedoms of citizens;

2. Strengthened police control;

3. Repression of dissent and brutal suppression of riots;

4. The undeniable power of the despot.

A person was considered a slave to a despot, his property and life belonged to the ruler. The ruler could, at his own whim, dispose of the fate of the people. People had to unquestioningly obey the will of the despot.