re: Who were the real Kangz?

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The various Persian, Anatolian, and Near Eastern royals (think Syrian, Palestinian, Egyptian, etc.) were true kings, as were their aristocracies. The history of the West would be nothing without the people in those parts of the world.

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Kings and Kings of Kings, in their own right. But that doesn’t negate the Kings of other regions.

Look at the etymology of the word.

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king (n.) a late Old English contraction of cyning "king, ruler" (also used as a title), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (source also of Dutch koning, Old Norse konungr, Danish konge, Old Saxon and Old High German kuning, Middle High German künic, German König).
This is of uncertain origin. It is possibly related to Old English cynn "family, race" (see kin), making a king originally a "leader of the people." Or perhaps it is from a related prehistoric Germanic word meaning "noble birth," making a king etymologically "one who descended from noble birth." The sociological and ideological implications render this a topic of much debate. "The exact notional relation of king with kin is undetermined, but the etymological relation is hardly to be doubted" [Century Dictionary].

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Not to mention the Rajahs of India. The Huangdi of China. The Khans. The Shinno of Japan. Czars. Caesars.


Men have been ruled since the beginning.