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so pretty much athens was not tken over but controlled over time by macedonia when king phillip had weakend athens army. After king phillip, alexander took charge and brought down the democarcy of athens and slowly makeing athens apart of macedonias empire
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∙ 9y agoIt was an experiment which failed. A weakness was it was direct democracy - popular assemblies which made all the decisions were easibly swayed by demagogues and made unwise and often destructive decisions. Athens was pushed into war by self-interest groups, and the resulting 27-year war wrecked Greece. It was followed by other wars which let the Macedonians take control, and their kingdoms replaced democratic city-states.
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∙ 6y agoAfter Pericles' death in Athens the citizens, already at war, were swayed by orators into wild adventurism and bad decisions, resulting in their defeat and being stripped of their empire. Lesser forms of democracy were introduced ,and eventually it became a formality.
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What ideology was first practiced in classical Greece?
Democracy had its origins in ancient Greece.
What form of government did Ancient Greece have?
Ancient Greece was a Monarchy, oligarchie, tyranny, then a democracy (in order).
Ancient Greece was the birthplace of what?
Democracy
Who influenced democracy in ancient Greece?
Pericles.
What did the ancient Greece do to your history?
Ancient Greece did a lot of things to hour history. For example, Ancient Greece was the birthplace of democracy without which I dont know what would happen.
What ideology was first practiced in classical Greece?
Democracy had its origins in ancient Greece.
What form of government did Ancient Greece have?
Ancient Greece was a Monarchy, oligarchie, tyranny, then a democracy (in order).
Was ancient Greece run by royalty or parliament?
Ancient Greece was a democracy
What is the name of the democracy of Ancient Greece?
The first democracy in ancient Greece was in a city called, " Tu Madre" Which means, " Your Mom" in English. (Trolol)
Ancient Greece was the birthplace of what?
Democracy
Ancient Greece govement?
Democracy
Ancient Greece's government?
Democracy
Was ancient Greece a direct or representative democracy?
First of all, we should note that only Athens and a few other city-states were ever democracies. The vast majority of Ancient Greece was ruled by monarchies or oligarchies and not by elections. However, in Athenian democracy, all of the citizens voted on policies, which made Athens a direct democracy.
How do Ancient Greece and America relate?
Ancient Greece used Democracy which America now uses.
What did ancient Greece have that other nations did not?
Democracy
Who contributed to ancient Greece democracy?
socrates
Who influenced democracy in ancient Greece?
Pericles.
