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Direct Democracy, as practiced in Ancient Athens, allowed citizens to make political decisions.
in Sparta were only free men citizens?
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Roughly 40% of Greek citizens live in Athens because Athens is where most major companies are headquartered in Greece. People move to where the jobs are.
Only the male citizens of Athens could vote.
Athens is indeed the capital city of Greece, and as well is a traditional power centre of ancient Greek civilization.
it was a democracy. Greece was the first civilization to ever try democracy, and it obviously stuck. Although Sparta was an oligarchy, Athens ended up a democracy.
Athens is typically regarded as Europe's oldest city.
It cut out the hundreds of other city-states in the Athenian empire who paid an annual tax to Athens but had no say or benefit from it, while half the citizens of Athens were on the public payroll living off them.
Athens was the most important city in Ancient Greece. It's one of the oldest cities in the world. On top of its Acropolis stands till today Parthenon, a key landmark for the European Civilization.
The Acropolis is an ancient monument in Athens which is the capital of Greece. Greece is a European country.
Men who owned property and who had completed their military training.