WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Athenian democracy developed around the 6th century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first known democracy in the ancient world was in Athens, Greece. Athenian democracy is said to have evolved around the fifth century BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Athens was the other well-known ancient Greek city-state, and it was about as different from Sparta as it could be. While Sparta was ruled by a few, Athens was the birthplace of democracy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Athens is most famous as the birthplace of democracy. Although the development of the Athenian political institutions has long been the subject of study, the economic foundation of democracy has attracted less interest until recently.

Detailed explanation-5: -ATHENS – BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY.