Athens had direct democracy ie the citizens met in fortnightly assembly and made decisions which the council carried out. We have representative democracy where the citizens elect representatives to a parliament.
The democracy in ancient Athens was a direct democracy. The democracy in the United States was a representative democracy.
The way Athens democracy was limited because they had different governments and their kings were big shots
how was the democracy of athens different from goverments led by the pharaohs of Egypt and the kins of mesopotamia
how was the democracy of athens different from goverments led by the pharaohs of Egypt and the kins of mesopotamia
how was the democracy of athens different from goverments led by the pharaohs of egypt and the kins of mesopotamia
they were diffrent by love and happieness
Athens Greece was the birthplace of democracy.
Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.
they had different forms of government, Sparta had oligarchy while Athens had democracy. in Athens, you became a man when you turned 18, in Sparta you had to be 30. for money Athens had drachmas and Sparta had obols.
Citizens directly made the laws themselves.
Athens had a limited democracy.
Republic and democracy are two different things. A Republic can be a democracy, just as a constitutional monarchy today can be a democracy. Democracy existed in the Roman Republic, as it had three different assemblies of the citizens (Centuriate, Tribal, Plebeian). Athens went through phases - monarchy, oligarchy, limited democracy, radical democracy.