Cleisthenes, Ephialtes, Pericles.
Democracy in Athens was an evolving experiment which lasted on and off for a bit over a century. The US is not a democracy - it is a republic which as a form of democratic government which has been going for over two hundred years and counting.
Republic and democracy are two different things. A Republic can be a democracy, just as a constitutional monarchy today can be a democracy. Democracy existed in the Roman Republic, as it had three different assemblies of the citizens (Centuriate, Tribal, Plebeian). Athens went through phases - monarchy, oligarchy, limited democracy, radical democracy.
Capitalism and Democracy
Throughout the Peloponnesian War the city - states of Athens and Sparta were the two leaders.
There's direct democracy, which is a political system in which citizens participate directly in government decision making; then there's representative democracy, in which the citizens elect others to represent them In government
Sparta and Athens
Two very important leaders that contributed On the war were Andrew Jackson and Tecumseh.
Athens took on too much and became too adventurous. It was early weakened by plague, then became too ambitious in over-extending itself trying to take Syracuse in Siily. It had various forms of government as its fortunes rose and fell under both democratic and broad-based oligarchic governments. Pericles' guidance was lost when he died two years into the war, and a succession of stable and unstable leaders ensured that the Periclean objective of defence-offence was not adhered to. Democracy was just a part of the problems which brought Athens down.
The government in Sparta was that unhealthy babies were to be killed and young boys were sent to the army. In athens they created a democracy. In Sparta they were ruled by two kings until they died and in athen they were ruled by archons
Though Greece had kings and rulers. Each city-state did employ a form of democracy. Examples are Athens, which had a direct democracy and Sparta that had two kings and a council of elders.
Before, Athenian democracy was put into place, it was ruled by the Tyrant's in a Tyrannical government. Okay guys, my answer might not be the best but, it got me an A on my paper! I hope this answer helps you! If not, I'm sorry!!
Presidential Democracy (people vote for president) and Parliamentary democracy (people vote for poltical party and party leaders vote for Gov. head leader/prime minster)