Ancient city states were not at all democratic in the way we would mean today. There was slavery in most of them and voting was only allowed by a certain few.
Athens was a democracy in part of the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE.
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Athens was known for its democratic government.
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Athens
In the Greek tragedy The Euryines, the city of Athens had a democratic trial to see if Orestes was guilty of slaying his mother. So, Athens, city of Athena, would be known for it's democratic system.
The city-state of Athens.
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ANCIENT ATHENS is the Greek City-State credited with creating the world's first democracy.
Athens, a city-state in ancient Greece, was the birthplace of democracy.
Because it created the democratic form of government.