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They had an experiment in direct democracy in the 5th Century BCE. It reached it's peak in the second half of that cemtury in Athens as a direct democracy - that is the citizens gathered each fortnight and gave directions to the Council and passed laws put before them. It was not very successful as the people were easily deluded by orators leading them up false paths, and into a disastrous 27-year war with the Peloponnesian League which they lost. The people began to lose interest in it, and more autocratic forms of government returned.
To day we have representative democracy, electing representatives to parliament as the ability to get the populace together is impracticable in most countries.
They produced the idea, but we implement it in a quite different way, and often not all that successfully. The general feeling in ancient Greece was that a well-conducted oligarchy was a better form of government than a democracy where the people were manipulated. Not much different from today.
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Did the Greeks invent democracy?
! well I'm Greek so i should know that the ancient Greeks DID invent democracy!
Was The Greek culture the birth of democracy.?
The Greek culture gave birth to democracy since ancient greeks invented the term and used it in Athens for the first time.
How did ancient Greek government influence government today?
The ancient Greeks influenced modern government as, much like we do today, they had three main bodies of government. These were the Assembly, the Council, and Courts. Our US government today also has three branches; Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
What did the ancient Greeks contribute to the history of the western?
The development of the first mathematical system of perspective
What ideology was first practiced in classical Greece?
Democracy had its origins in ancient Greece.
What type of government did ancient Greeks live by?
the ancient Greeks had a democracy government
Who gave us democracy?
the ancient greeks'
What did our government inherit from the ancient Greeks?
democracy
What cool things did ancient Greeks have?
democracy
Did the Greeks invent democracy?
! well I'm Greek so i should know that the ancient Greeks DID invent democracy!
What is the Ancient Greeks achievements of government?
The first democracy.
What form of government did the Anciet Greeks invent?
The ancient Greeks from a government that we know as DEMOCRACY!
How do i use demorcacy in a sentence?
Well you could say:"The ancient Greeks founded democracy."-or-"The democracy was used by the ancient Greeks after many different types of government."-or-"The United States of America is not a democracy, but is a representative democracy."There are many ways to use "democracy" in a sentence!
What were the two main accomplishments of the ancient Greeks?
democracy and philosophy
Which ancient civilization established the basis of Western democracy?
The Greeks.
Is Australian democracy from Greeks?
The concept of democracy overall can be tracked back to the Ancient Greeks, but the particular form of democracy in Australia is a much closer reflection of British democracy at the time of Australian Independence.
What are two similarities between modern U.S and ancient Greece?
We both have the Olympics (Ancient Greeks made it)We both have democracy (Ancient Greeks made this as well)
