HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Ekklesia
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Boule
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Dikasteria
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the popular assembly, open to all male citizens as soon as they qualified for citizenship. In 594 BC, Solon allowed all Athenian citizens to participate, regardless of class. The assembly was responsible for declaring war, military strategy and electing the strategoi and other officials.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Athenian Assembly, or Ekklesia, was the sovereign governing body of democratic Athens, and it was open to all male Athenian citizens. At meetings of the Ekklesia, citizens had the opportunity to address the Assembly, hear fellow citizens speak on various matters, and vote on proposed decrees.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ecclesia, Greek Ekklēsia, (“gathering of those summoned”), in ancient Greece, assembly of citizens in a city-state. Its roots lay in the Homeric agora, the meeting of the people. The Athenian Ecclesia, for which exists the most detailed record, was already functioning in Draco’s day (c.