Legitimacy
16 books featuring this theme
Legitimacy is recognized right to rule or act within accepted frameworks. It is established by birth, election, conquest, or divine sanction.

The Story of Sinuhe
Anonymous • Egyptian

Royal Commentaries of the Incas
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega • Mesoamerican

Sumerian King List
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Eridu Genesis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

The Birth Legend of Sargon
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Kārnāmag-ī Ardashīr-ī Pābagān
Anonymous • Persian

Bamboo Annals
Anonymous • East Asian

Ion
Euripides • Greek

Kingship in Heaven
Anonymous • Levantine

Song of Kumarbi
Anonymous • Levantine

Title of the Lords of Totonicapán
Anonymous • Mesoamerican

Enmerkar and Ensuhgirana
Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Gesta Hungarorum
Anonymous • Slavic

Dongmyeongwangpyeon
Yi Gyu-bo • East Asian

The Legend of Keret
Anonymous • Levantine

Hymns to Enlil
Anonymous • Mesopotamian