WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were in part elected by the Assembly and in large part chosen by lottery in a process called sortition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics called him a populist. Pericles was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically-influential Alcmaeonid family.

Detailed explanation-3: -The so-called golden age of Athenian culture flourished under the leadership of Pericles (495-429 B.C.), a brilliant general, orator, patron of the arts and politician-”the first citizen” of democratic Athens, according to the historian Thucydides.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yes and no. In terms of allowing citizens to vote on certain issues, allowing them to directly participate in the political process, then yes, what Pericles created could be considered an embryonic form of democracy. However, it excluded a great deal of people, such as women, freedmen, and foreigners.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pericles expanded direct democracy within Athens by allowing male citizens to participate in the government by mass meetings and general assemblies. In the study of world history these policies are seen as the foundations of modern democracy.