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
1900-1800 BCE
Egyptian
Royal Commentaries of the Incas
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
1609 CE
Mesoamerican, Inca
Sumerian King List
Anonymous
2000-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Eridu Genesis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Birth Legend of Sargon
Anonymous
700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Kārnāmag-ī Ardashīr-ī Pābagān
Anonymous
500-700 CE
Persian
Bamboo Annals
Anonymous
400-300 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Ion
Euripides
412 BCE
Greek
Kingship in Heaven
Anonymous
1400-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Song of Kumarbi
Anonymous
1500-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Title of the Lords of Totonicapán
Anonymous
1554 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Enmerkar and Ensuhgirana
Anonymous
2100-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Gesta Hungarorum
Anonymous
1200-1210 CE
Slavic, Hungarian
Dongmyeongwangpyeon
Yi Gyu-bo
1193 CE
East Asian, Korean
The Legend of Keret
Anonymous
1400-1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
Hymns to Enlil
Anonymous
2000-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian