Current studies of early modern absolutism—rule by one person with absolute authority—emphasize continual negotiations between ruler and ruled.

现代早期绝对主义的研究强调统治者与被统治者之间的持续谈判。

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According to Japanese myths, Emperor Jimmu was enthroned in 660 B.C., and from him, the current Emperor descended, becoming the 125th ruler of Japan.

根据日本神话，公元前660年神武天皇即位，其后他的直系子孙代代继任，现在的天皇是第125代。

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Colonel Pierre Buyoya, Burundi's current ruler, said in a Christmas speech that security had improved.

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More likely the current ruler of Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav, with 22 national MPs, might be persuaded to join if offered a big enough dollop of development funds for the state.

ECONOMIST: Politics in India

Much of the impetus comes from choices made in the 1970s when the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, father of the current ruler, Sheikh Mohammed, decided that Dubai needed an economy that would outlast its oil supplies.

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