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Athens Greece was the birthplace of democracy.
Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.
Athens had a limited democracy.
The democracy in ancient Athens was a direct democracy. The democracy in the United States was a representative democracy.
Sparta because they did not have as much freedom as Athens.
Athens had a democracy
Did the people of ancient Athens have a full democracy
No - Athens was fighting for its empire. It had formed this empire from its allies for its own benefit. Athens then tried to dominate other Greek cities, which brought it into conflict with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. The ensuing war had nothing to do with democracy, it was about Athens' desire to rule 180 other cities as an empire - no democracy there.
Athens Greece was the birthplace of democracy.
Athens !
Solon did not bring democracy to Athens - he implemented a settlement of a standoff between opposing factions in Athens. Democracy began over 50 years later when Cleisthenes in 508 BCE implemented the democratic principle of putting laws before a citizen assembly to vote on.
Sparta was a good example of limited democracy, Athens of radical democracy.