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❖ The Salic Law ✔✔A frankish civil law code compiled around the year 500, and that no woman can hold the throne, and all women must be excluded from transferring succession rights. ❖ Continental Hereditary Monarchies ✔✔A system where the throne is passed from one member of the family to the other ❖ Line of succession ✔✔People that are next in line for crown, or the leader of a position ❖ Absolute Primogeniture ✔✔The oldest child succeeds the throne, REGARDLESS of gender. ❖ Agnatic Primogeniture ✔✔The son or the brother or the next male descendents succeed the throne. If there are no male descendents at all, then the daughter or the next female descendent is chosen to succeed the throne. ❖ Illegitimate Child ✔✔A child born to people who are not married (An example of this, is Marie Antonette who had an illegitimate child with Count Axel von Fersen, a Swedish diplomat, not Louis XVI). As a result, these children still inherit the throne under the name of the parent whose raise the child. ❖ Coronation ✔✔The act and celebration around placing a crown upon the head of the next successor. It symbolizes the passing of the monarchy and the succession of the king or queen.
❖ Abdication ✔✔The act of an authority/leader giving up their power, essentially leaving their throne.
❖ Regency ✔✔The reign and act of someone being apointed to rule a sate because the person in power is missing, a minor, or is incapacitated. ❖ Act of Settlement ✔✔States that the next heirs to the English and Irish throne must be limited to protestants only (1701) ❖ Succession to the Crown Act ✔✔Altered the succession of the english throne according to the laws stated in the perth agreement ❖ Perth Agreement ✔✔An agreement made by commonwealth nations in Australia in 2011 with the objective of changing the male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture ❖ Triumvirates ✔✔A group of three leaders sharing power. Happened mainly in Ancient Rome ❖ First Triumvirate ✔✔Julius caesar shared the throne with Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus from the years 60 to 54 BC with the intention of bringing order over Rome. Ended when Licinius was killed in 53 BC during a battle against the Parthians hoping he could conquer Parthia (because of the wealth it had in store). Anyways, soon after the death of Crassus, Julius Caesar and Pompeius started a civil war ultimately leading to Caesar successful. ❖ Second Triumvirate (Very Detailed) ✔✔The two potential rulers could have been Anthony who was Caesar's military second in command, and Octavian who was Caesar's grandson and successor to Caesar. Antony and Octavian didn't like each other that much, but nobody wanted to go to war because of the previous conflicts. So a close ally of Caesar, Lepidus, helped merge the two into a triumvirate with him with the intention of rebuilding the Roman republic and gain revenge on the murderers of Caesars. They are the true Avengers. Unlike the first triumvirate, the second triumvirate was a legal entity endorsed by the state instead of a private agreement. As you might have expected, the egos of the three got the better of them resulting in Octavian exiling Lepidus because Lepidus thought Octavian was treating unequally, resulting in him making some bad decisions, justifying his exile. Without Lepidus to control Antony and Octavian, Octavian illegally got hold of Anthony's will, and scholars still don't know whether this was a real will or a forged one. This will said things that went against common tradition in Rome, and once Octavian showed it to the Senate, it was enough to support Octavian for a battle
against Antony. The chased down Antony to Alexandria where he commited suicide with Cleopatria. And just like that, Octavian was the successor to the Roman Empire throne.
❖ Co-Princes of Andorra ✔✔An agreement that this country is controlled by both the Bishop of Urgell in Spain and the President of France. Yes, these princes are not inherited like in an Absolute primogeniture monarchy. Instead, they are passed down from bishop to bishop of Urgell and from President to President. ❖ Alaric & Eric ✔✔A story about diarchic rule in Norse mythology written around the year 1200. These two were the sons of king Agni, who ruled the house of Ygnlin in Sweden, and extremely skilled fighters on horse. One day they went off to the forest, had an argument, and ended up killing each other ❖ Ngwenyama & Ndlovukati of Eswatini ✔✔The name for the male and female ruler of Swaziland. ❖ The male ruler's title stands for the "Lion of Swaziland". ❖ Medieval paréages ✔✔Feudal treaties that allow two rulers to control a territory (such as the that of Andorra). ❖ Fidel Castro Health ✔✔This resulted in his brother, Raul to take over in 2008. This proved to be effective, as Raul increased investment in the private sector increasing internet access across citizens. ❖ North Korea Succession ✔✔Kim Jong Il had two sons, the oldest of which was Kim Jong-nam and was assassinated in 2017, most likely because he publicly stated in 2011 that a family dynasty was a bad idea. Kim Jong Un's other brother is extremely reserved so was not considered able for succession. Due to the power struggles of Kim Jong Il finding a successor, the same will most likely happen once Kim Jong Un dies. ❖ Name Succession Correleration? ✔✔30% of republicans would choose Donald Trump Jr to succeed Donald Trump for preisident. There seems to be a name id, or brand name affiliation when it comes down to voting for the next president, as it would mark the fourth time in American history that a direct descendant of a previous president was elected to the same office. ❖ If USA President Leaves ✔✔Order of Succession: Vice-President, Speaker of House, then to Senate president pro tempore, then to cabinet members.
❖ 25th Amendment ✔✔States that the vice-president can temporarily serve as president if the president is unable to serve. ❖ Shadow Cabinets ✔✔Ministers who mirror those in power in the Westminster system of government (including the UK and Canada). Those in the shadow cabin offer a rebuttal and try to take down the points of the main cabinet in power by mirroring those in power. ❖ How Early President Succession Begins ✔✔Transition periods fill around 4, government positions, so the transition needs to be done quickly to prevent the US from being vulnerable during the transition period in the new year. To speed up the process, many canditates start setting up the transition process weeks if not months in advanced to election day. ❖ Coup d'États ✔✔Take overs of the governmental power by undemocratic means (normally an illegal take over). ❖ Napoleon's Coup ✔✔The government that naturally assumed power in France during the reign of terror was called The Directory, consisted of five members. Napoleon convinced two others to abolish the directory and create a three-member Consulate where all three would share power (when in reality Napoleon had all the power). He then crowned himself emperor 5 years after. ❖ Franco's Coup ✔✔He convinced many people, including the military, to otherthrow the demotracially elected government, because of the increasing tension between the right and left sided ideologies. He rallied the troops in Monaco and with the help of Germany and Italy was able to take over around a third of spain before having to start a civil war which would ultimately lead him successful. ❖ Muammar al-Qaddafi ✔✔He seized control of Libya as a junior army officer at 27 years of age. He did this by driving multiple military vehicles to Tripoli and Benghazi while the king was on vacation. The personal guards didn't do anything, and just like that he was in power. ❖ Idi Amin ✔✔Started out as a humble soldier and moved his way up to the military general. He was a close ally to the president, but then discredited him.
❖ Pinochet's Coup ✔✔He controlled the tanks and fighter jets all the way to the presidential palace. It ended with the president, Allende, being forced to commit suicide. What is worse, is that Allende was his mentor and friend back when he was a soldier ❖ Standard Oil ✔✔This company was split into 34 smaller companies in 2011 because of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which was passed in 1890. This act was created to remove monopolistic firms, and after the breakup of standard oil, the 30ish companies had the stock distributed to shareholders, 25% of which was Rockefeller's original shares. ❖ Ford Succession ✔✔Succession has been very smooth since Henry Ford created the company around 120 years ago. The company was passed through the company until recently, where Ford's great grandson, passing the company on to the COO after 6 years of planning and preparation. This succession in the past few years overall was quite effective, as Ford has continuously been growing. ❖ Microsoft ✔✔Bill Gates handed up the CEO title to his old college friend and Microsoft employee for over 20 years, Steve Ballmer. Steve Ballmer was number two at Microsoft, and he succeeded Bill, mainly because Bill wanted to go back to 'his roots', becoming the leader of the product coding development team. Satya Nadella then succeeded Steve, being the leader of the Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise division. ❖ Why (most) Asian Business Owerness fail to Successfully pass the Company down to Their Children ✔✔Only 30% of family controlled businesses last into the second generation, and it is the problem of mortality as they are willing to let go of their company as if it has become a part of their body. This results in poor succession planning, as the owner is not ready to transfer leadership until their health deteriorates to a point where they are incapable to run the company. ❖ "the oldest son" in Japanese Business Succession ✔✔A way of saying the most qualified family member or adopted family member trained to run the business.
❖ Boeing ✔✔Willem left after he was ordered to break up multiple of the assets he had in his company into different entities. The successor was Clairmont Egtvedt, who was a previous engineer at the company. Recently, however, the company has been under multiple allegations due to a 737 Max series crash, which seemed to have been an engineering failure on Boeing's
❖ CEO Succession Myth ✔✔The team knows how to evaluate CEO talent ❖ CEO Succession Myth ✔✔The boards prefer someone who has already been working at the company, or Internal ❖ CEO Succession Myth ✔✔The board wants someone with ethnic minority ❖ Active Advisor (CEO) ✔✔When the CEO is ready to step down and helps the board with the transition ❖ Aggressor (CEO) ✔✔When the CEO tries to influence the decision towards a candidate they prefer, often making it clear. ❖ Passive Aggressor (CEO) ✔✔When the CEO tries to influence the decision in a way that is subtle and secretive. ❖ Capitulator (CEO) ✔✔When the board is close about making their decision and the CEO changes his mind and wants to stay in the company for longer ❖ Hopeful Savior (CEO) ✔✔When the CEO subtly does not want to entirely leave, so they promote someone who will likely fail so that the CEO can come back and save the company. ❖ Power Blocker (CEO) ✔✔The CEO makes it clear that they don't want to leave, so they do everything in their power to slow down the process. ❖ Potentials (Buffy) ✔✔Human girls that have the potential to become future vampire slayers. ❖ How succession works here is through mystical forces (after a slayer has died).
❖ Watchers (Buffy) ✔✔People looking and tracking evil entities with the intention of destroying them. They do this primarily by finding talented potentials who could destroy these entities
Jimmy Fallon in 2014. This transition was probably harder, if Jay felt the need to come back to the Tonight Show for 4 more years before leaving completely.
❖ Oprah Winfrey ✔✔After finishing the show in 2011, the show completely closed for similar reasons as the Colbert report. ❖ Ralph Lawler ✔✔A non-transferable for the commentating community in basketball. His enthusiasm for each game, and style of language he used was one of a kind. For example, whenever anybody scored, he'd yell bingo. ❖ Mary Hunnings (Mary Berry) ✔✔A famous British food writer, who famously published a book called the "baking bible" in 2009, among many others since the 1970's. She was also the host of multiple food shows - specifically those in baking. One of which was the Bake Off where she left and the show canceled. ❖ Gambino Crime Family History (Detailed) ✔✔Carlo Gambino, who was the family's boss (and founder) from 1957 to his death in 1976. Almost all mafias in New York city were named after their leader and the name has stuck. How these families are structured is the Boss at the top and then is the underboss and then a consigliere, a counselor, or adviser. After that, there are multiple roles, such as a janitor, framer, and soldiers at the bottom. Gambino died of natural causes and then Mr. Castellano, Mr. Gambino's brother-in-law, look control and was gunned down supposedly by Mr. Gotti. Mr. Gotti then took control of the family, being know as a fierce killing, and it was ultimately his underboss Salvatore Gravano who witnessed many of his killings, using them as witnesses that would lead to Mr. Gotti's imprisonment. The mafia was then passed down to Gotti's eldest son, and after he went to jail, Gotti's next son took control who went to jail two years after becoming leader. ❖ Gambino Crime Family Succession ✔✔The underboss succeeds the boss (similar to that of the US president. ❖ Yakuza ✔✔A Criminal Gang in Japan ❖ Yakuza Succession ✔✔They have an extremely formal party in an expensive downtown restaurant after dawn coming in limousines and in black kimonos or formal black tuxedos. They then have an hour long ritual purifying the gangs four top leaders. The second in command (now previous leader) drinks a cup of sake and then the new leader takes a sip after. Then the now second in command is given a regalia, which is a sword, a map of the gang's turf, a "family tree," seals
❖ "The Commission" for Mafia Succession ✔✔A council between five families in New York City, limiting leadership terms to 10 years and then electing the new boos. ❖ Mongol Empire ✔✔After Genghis's death, his third son, Ögedei, took over (the original heir to the throne). Soon after Ögedei and his wife died, their son took power. He was soon killed and after that none of the Gandhi's grandsons knew who would take power. This proved to be catastrophic as this many grandsons wanted to take power, spliting the parties in multiple factions and dismanteling the empire. ❖ War of the Spanish Succession ✔✔King Charles II (of spain) died without leaving an heir to the throne. The throne should've been inherited by the grandson of the French King who became Phillip V. However, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, wanted to protect his claim to the Spanish throne, so he started a war with France and Spain by combination. By that time king Louis 14 of France also started an aggressive expansionist policy, which made England, Italy, and the Netherlands join in on the side of the Holy Roman Empire, to contain the aggressor. The war was concluded in a decade, with the treaties of Utrecht (1713) and Ratstatt (1714). After the war, the House of Bourbon from France took control of the crown of Spain. ❖ Balance of power ✔✔One group (country or state) may secure its survival by preventing others (countries) from taking it ❖ Hegemony ✔✔Dominance of a social group ❖ Utrecht (1713) ✔✔Introduced the idea of a blance of power to international politics. ❖ Wars of the Roses ✔✔A civil war between the York and Lancaster clans over the succession of the English throne. The outcome after many years of fighting, was that a representative of a third clan, the Clan of Tudor, united the two houses by being a descendant of the Lancasters, and marrying somebody from the York's.
❖ The Three Kingdoms ✔✔A period in Chinese history from the years 220- 280 where there were three countries that existed on the mainland, all of them claiming sovereignty over the other. This may sound like it would end up in violence, however this period in time was famous for its peace, and was romanticized by poets of Japan, Korea and Vietnam of this era.
