HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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It shows that Cleisthenes was a powerful ruler.
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It explains the original purpose of democracy.
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It shows that the people asked for political reforms.
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It explains why the democracy is still working today.
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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: -What contributions did Solon and Cleisthenes make to the development of Athenian democracy? Solon abolished slavery and created social classes, and Cleisthenes further equalized Athenian citizens by forming groups that were not class-based but location-based.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Athenian Revolution (508–507 BCE) was a revolt by the people of Athens that overthrew the ruling aristocratic oligarchy, establishing the almost century-long self-governance of Athens in the form of a participatory democracy – open to all free male citizens.
Detailed explanation-4: -570 bce-died c. 508), statesman regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy, serving as chief archon (highest magistrate) of Athens (525–524). Cleisthenes successfully allied himself with the popular Assembly against the nobles (508) and imposed democratic reform.
Detailed explanation-5: -Cleisthenes accomplished this by reorganizing the four tribal groups all Athenians belonged to. Though he didn’t abolish the old tribes, he divided them into 10 new groups, called phyle, each of which adopted a mythological hero as its patron and founder.