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Much of our architecture has come from Ancient Greece. The Parthenon inspired the Lincoln Memorial. Our law system is based off of Roman law. It was the first system to have full time judges right to face accusers laws that applied throughout the empire, Provinces could also make their own laws. (similar to federal and state law)
Leaders in ancient greece changed every while. Leaders were selected once the previous leader died. All male citizens voted for the new leader. The assembly picked five ephors to enforce laws and collect taxs.
Greece was a collection of hundreds of independent city-states. So there was no Greek assembly to make laws for Greece - each city made its own. For those states which had a democratic or quasi-democratic constitution, citizens would meet at a designated place which varied from a paddock to a square to a specific assembly arena, depending on the city and period.