Lankov's not kidding about the royal family. He says North Korea is essentially a hereditary monarchy.

兰科夫并不是在开金氏家族的玩笑。他说，朝鲜本质上是世袭君主制国家。

The Abbasids kept the idea of a hereditary monarchy, but they moved the capital of the empire to Baghdad, and they were much more welcoming of other non-Arab Muslims into positions of power.

阿拔斯王朝保留了世袭君主制的理念，但他们将帝国的首都迁至巴格达， 而且他们更欢迎其他非阿拉伯穆斯林担任权力职务。