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Obviously under the rule of the people if it was a democracy.
The transition from Tyranny to democracy began in 508 BCE when the leader was Cleisthenes. The city then slipped back into oligarchy during the Persian War as the aristocratic Council of the Areopagus led the resistance and therefore they wielded the power. This was broken in 461 BCE by the democratic leader Ephialtes, and after his assassination democratic leadership devolved to Pericles, who guided Athens' to a radical form of direct democracy where the citizens met fortnightly and directed political activity.
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Is true that under Peisistratus rule Athens developed the worlds first democracy?
no
What Greek city-state was the beginning of democracy seen in?
Democracy began developing in Athens from 507 BCE under the guidance of Cleisthenes. It took another seventy years to develop to its peak, and Athens then exported the concept to several other cities.
How did the Draco impact democracy in Athens?
He was not a democrat - democracy came to Athens over a century later under Cleisthnes.
Under the rule of Cleisthenes Athens established a what?
Democracy
What dimocracy was Athens under?
A direct democracy(A democracy in which people decide laws and policies at mass meetings)
Why did the ancient city state of Anthens and Sparta develop different political systems?
Their systems initially developed in parallel, becoming limited democracies. Then Athens went further under the influence of Pericles who used a radical democracy to suppress his political opponents. This radical democracy led Athens into misadventures and a long war which it lost, and it eventually reverted to a limited democracy.
What democracy was practiced in Athens Greece several thousands years ago called?
Under the leadership Pericles, Athens developed a direct democracy. Large numbers of male citizens took part in the affairs of government.
Did the ancient Athenians invent democracy?
Yes. Democracy was invented in Athens and used relatively successfully (compared to modern standards) for hundreds of years.* Yes * There democracy was a direct democracy * In a direct democracy people decide laws and policies at mass meetingsYes, Athens had a democracy. Pericles, a strong political leader, furthered and promoted Athenian democracy, but did not invent or have the idea of a democracy in Athens.
Did the Democracy in Athens reached its height under the rule of a brilliant elected leader named Cleisthenes?
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What kind of government did the citizens of Athens Greece live under?
Athens, Greece was one of the birthplaces of democracy. Athenian democracy was a direct democracy in which every citizen voted directly on issues of importance, rather than electing representatives to vote for them.
What type of democrcy did Athens have?
It started in 508 BCE as a limited democracy for landowners, revrted to oligarchy during the Persian War, was reestablished as a full democracy by Ephialtes in 460 BCE, and after his assassination, became a radical democracy under the leadership of Pericles. After Athens' defeat in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE it reverted to a limited democracy.
Who were the most powerful politicians in Athens?
First the kings, who were replaced by the oligarchs, who were replaced by the tyrants, who were replaced by the demagogues under the democracy
