WORLD HISTORY

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.

Detailed explanation-2: -All Athenian-born men over the age of 18 were considered Athenian citizens. Women and slaves were not permitted citizenship. the day-to-day business of government] met every day. Each year, the names of all citizens 30 years of age or older were collected.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics called him a populist. Pericles was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically-influential Alcmaeonid family.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pnyx was the official meeting place of the Athenian democratic assembly (Ancient Greek: ekklesia). In the earliest days of Athenian democracy (after the reforms of Kleisthenes in 508 B.C.), the ekklesia met in the Agora.