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One reason city-states shifted to democracy was because the people wanted a say in the government. They wanted to be able to vote on laws.
The Greek city-states shifted to democracy in order to mimic the Athenian government. The other city-states noticed that when the citizens could be more active in the government they had a higher level of nationalism and investment int the city-state.
Rule by the aristocratic oligarchs was ruthless and self-serving. Democracy gave them the voice in government and decision-making.
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they helped each other
They both had Democracy
Direct Democracy, Representative Democracy, Monarchy, Dictatorship, Theocracy, Oligarchy, Anarchy and Tyranny. These are the forms of government that all Greek city-states had.
Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, democracy, radical democracy.
One reason was because some people that lived in city-states weren't even citizens, so they could not participate in the direct democracy.
One reason was because some people that lived in city-states weren't even citizens, so they could not participate in the direct democracy.
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