Editing Theocracy (section)

=== Tibet ===
Unified religious rule in [[Buddhist]] Tibet began in 1642, when the [[Fifth Dalai Lama]] allied with the military power of the Mongol [[Gushri Khan]] to consolidate political power and to center control around his office as head of the [[Gelug]] school.<ref name="Davidson">{{Cite book |last= Davidson |first= Ronald M. |contribution= Tibet |year=2004 |title=Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism |editor-last=Buswell |editor-first=Robert E. Jr. |pages= 851–59 |publisher= Macmillan Reference |isbn= 978-0-02-865910-7}}</ref> This form of government is known as the [[dual system of government]]. Prior to 1642, particular monasteries and monks had held considerable power throughout Tibet but had not achieved anything approaching complete control, and their power continued in a diffuse, feudal system after the ascension of the Fifth [[Dalai Lama]]. Power in Tibet was held by a number of traditional élites, including members of the nobility, the heads of the major Buddhist sects (including their various [[tulku]]s), and various large and influential monastic communities.<ref name="Lopez">{{Cite book |last= Lopez |first=Donald S. |title= Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West |place= Chicago |publisher= [[University of Chicago Press]] |page= [https://archive.org/details/prisonersofshang00dona/page/9 9] |author-link= Donald S. Lopez Jr. |isbn=978-0-226-49311-4 |year=1998 |url-access=registration |url= https://archive.org/details/prisonersofshang00dona/page/9}}</ref>