CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Democracy
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Monarchy
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Oligarchy
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Aristocracy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pericles influenced government and culture in Athens by making Athens a more democratic city-state, by rebuilding Athens, and by making Athens a center of learning and the arts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pericles describes Athenian democracy as a system of government where men advance on merit rather than on class or wealth. In a democracy, “class considerations [are not] allowed to interfere with merit” – any man capable enough to rule is allowed to do so.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.