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In political science there is no clearly defined term as "true democracy".
If you wish to ask whether Ancient Athens was a direct democracy, i.e. where every resolution was approved by popular referendum as opposed to through elected representatives, then, Yes. However, the rest of Greece was not democratic and ruled by monarchs, autocrats, or oligarchs.
If you wish to ask whether Ancient Athens provided suffrage to all people and allowed full freedom of expression, of course not. The voting population in Athens was less than 10% of the overall population since only ethnic Athenian property-owning males were allowed to vote. Women, children, slaves, foreigners, and other large segments of the population were not allowed to vote. Additionally, there were no established human rights and there were blasphemy laws and other similar institutions in Hellenic Greece and Athens in particular.
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Why did Greece not become a democracy?
Greece's Current presidency IS a democracy....The thing is that there is no such thing as a true democracy anymore. But THEORETICALLY it's a democracy based country. Just like he U.S.:)
Why did the Athens and Greece could not vote?
athens was not true democracy
What was the true of earliest democracy in Greece?
It was a limited democracy. Only certain citizens were allowed to vote.
What kind of democracy Greece have?
Greece had a Direct democracy
Is Greece the first democracy. Someone told me it was Ireland not Greece?
yes Greece was the first country to have democracy . Democracy was born in Athens, capital of Greece.
What ideology was first practiced in classical Greece?
Democracy had its origins in ancient Greece.
What was the first country to establish participatory democracy?
The first country to establish participatory democracy is the United States of America. The second country do this too was France. They're not really a true democracy but there isn't any country, today nor has there ever been (except for Greece that had votes for every single issue that came up), with a true, full democracy. Although, the first civilization to have a democracy was Greece. Athens was the first city-state to establish a participatory democracy.
What cities was the first place to establish a democracy?
Athens Greece was the birthplace of democracy.
Did Greece invent the democracy?
yes they did create democracy
This civilization introduced the world to democracy.?
Greece
What was the first democracy?
GREECE!
What did Greece invent?
democracy
