Cleisthenes in 508 BCE when he introduced a regular assembly of the adult males in Athens.
Athenian philosophers thought it would be the most effective form of government.
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athens was known for having the first known democracy.
ANCIENT ATHENS is the Greek City-State credited with creating the world's first democracy.
Athens was the birthplace of democracy. When Philip the 2nd conquered Greece, Athens was still making its own laws but was supervised. Eventually their democracy was ended and never really began again.
Democracy in Athens was a direct democracy. In a direct democracy the people decide on the policy initiatives directly
Athens Greece was the birthplace of democracy.
Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.
According to the ancient historian Thucydides, Pericles strong-armed the democracy into his own power, essentially making Athens a democracy in name only.
Athens had a limited democracy.
According to the ancient historian Thucydides, Pericles strong-armed the democracy into his own power, essentially making Athens a democracy in name only.
The democracy in ancient Athens was a direct democracy. The democracy in the United States was a representative democracy.