HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Athens
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Sparta
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Boule. The second important institution was the boule, or Council of Five Hundred. The boule was a group of 500 men, 50 from each of ten Athenian tribes, who served on the Council for one year.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Council of Five Hundred was established under the Constitution of Year III which was adopted by a referendum on 24 September 1795, and constituted after the first elections which were held from 12–21 October 1795.
Detailed explanation-3: -120, 000 people lived in the state of Athens in the 5th century BC.
Detailed explanation-4: -Each tribe selected 50 council members for the 500-member Boule, usually chosen by lot. It formed an absolutely vital role in the new ‘democracy’ because it carried out the everyday work of the assembly and provided a permanent council that could make decisions when the assembly was not in session.
Detailed explanation-5: -Cleisthenes of Athens, Cleisthenes also spelled Clisthenes, (born c. 570 bce-died c. 508), statesman regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy, serving as chief archon (highest magistrate) of Athens (525–524).