10
Aug
2008
The Evolution of Athenian Democracy
Athens, 1 of the most advanced city-states to arise inside ancient Greece, was the first society inside the world to develop a democracy, and even today it is an example and a basis 4 governments around the world. However, Athens had a lengthy struggle to achieve democracy. From the 9th to 6th centuries BCE, the well-known city state went through the cycle of monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, and tyranny. Only inside the end did the city complete the cycle from evolving inside the democracy now associate w/ Athens.
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