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Athenian democracy was all adult male citizens meeting in assembly each fortnight and discussed and voted on the running of the state.
It is not important today other than as interesting history, as democracies today are representative democracies - that is citizens elect representatives to he assembly, who vote on decisions. This present system gives power to the representative politicians who often have different views and are held accountable at elections after several years.
The Athenian direct democracy model sounds attractive but most countries are too large for people to assemble regularly, so we have to have representatives to do this for us. The question is 'would you trust a politician?'
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∙ 13y agoAthens becoming a democracy is important because they were the ones who started it and who led us to have a democracy in the U.S.
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When did the athenian democracy start?
Athenian democracy startes around 500 b.c. Athenian democracy startes around 500 b.c.
Which group of people was able to vote in the Athenian democracy how was Athenian democracy different than the democracy we know today?
The adult male citizens voted. They voted in fortnightly assemblies. In today's representative democracies, citizens elect representatives to a parliament, and hope that their representative will vote the way they wish.
How was the Athenian government prior to democracy?
how was the Athenian government ruled prior to democracy
What Athenian leader started Athenian democracy?
Cleisthenes, the father of democracy.
Who created the foundations of Athenian democracy?
Cleisthenes created the foundation of Athenian democracy.
What aspects of athenian democracy would not work in our democracy?
Athenian Democracy had the council of five hundred and American Democracy has a government.
When was the Athenian democracy?
From about 500 bc to 321 bc was how long the Athenian direct democracy lasted
Describe what was the Athenian democracy like?
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Who was athenian democracy open to?
All Athenian citizens
How was Athenian democracy from democracy in the world today?
It was direct democracy - the citizens met in fortnightly assembly and decided on issues, which decisions were implemented by the council. Today's democracies are representative democracies - citizens elect members of parliament to direct government.
Trace the growth of Athenian democracy from Draco to Pericles?
pericles was not known at the father of athenian democracy cleisteins is consideres to be father of sthenian democracy
Who was the Athenian statesman during the golden age who promoted the idea of democracy?
The Greek statesman Pericles then expanded the democracy. He was an Athenian statesman who had an impact on politics that remains today.
