HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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They spoke different languages
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They valued their freedoms and took an active role in government
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They overthrew their government by force.
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They develop the art of war.
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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 best describes Athenian democracy? Athenian democracy was a form of a direct democratic system of government within ancient Athens that emerged and lasted from 460 to 320 BCE. Athenian democracy was largely the transfer of power from the Aristocratic assembly to the general assembly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Athens was a direct-democracy and the U.S. is a representational democracy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Not everyone in Athens was considered a citizen. Only free, adult men enjoyed the rights and responsibility of citizenship. Only about 20 percent of the population of Athens were citizens. Women were not citizens and therefore could not vote or have any say in the political process.