A system of economics that called for a more equal distribution of wealth is called

monarchy doesn’t have to have the hereditary element. there have been elective monarchies in the past where you choose your king-for-life and when he dies elect someone else for the job.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. this may result in the adoption of a new law.