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Democracy in ancient Greece, introduced by the Athenian leader Cleisthenes, established voting rights for citizens, a supervising council and a jury system.
Athenian democracy developed around the 6th century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica.
Athenian Democracy refers to the system of democratic government used in Athens, Greece from the 5th to 4th century BCE. Under this system, all male citizens - the dēmos - had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena.
Democracy in ancient Greece served as one of the first forms of self-rule government in the ancient world. The system and ideas employed by the ancient Greeks had profound influences on how democracy developed, and its impact on the formation of the U.S. government.
Athens’ demokratia, which lasted until 322 B.C., is one of the earliest known examples of democracy; and although recent scholarship has complicated the Eurocentric view that it was the first...
By far the most well-documented and studied example is the Athenian democracy in Athens. However, there are documented examples of at least fifty-two Greek city-states [1] including Corinth, Megara, and Syracuse that also had democratic regimes during part of their history.
Some had a direct democracy where all citizens could participate (e.g. Athens), some had a monarchy (Sparta), others had an oligarchy where a small powerful group led the government (Thebes), and others had a single leader or Tyrant (Syracuse). Did Greek city-states have the same types of government?
What the ancient Greeks can teach us about democracy. To illuminate political and philosophical questions of today, students examine how the ancient Athenians first put self government into practice.
In this collection, we examine one of the greatest contributions made by the ancient Greeks to world culture: their systems of government and, above all, the ideas of democracy and mass participation in politics.
The ancient Greeks famously invented democracy. But what was Greek democracy actually like - and how was it different from the 21st-century kind?