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Ancient Greece: Did Democracy Start As The Same System

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Democracy did not start out as the same system we have in modern times. Before democracy was used in ancient Greece, Athens was ruled by kings, then by an oligarchy from 700 to 595 BC. Between the rule of the nobility and the introduction of democracy, Greece was under a tyrannical rule. Finally, in 508 BC, democracy was introduced in Greece, eventually spreading across the globe, despite the Roman attempts at stomping it out. Cleisthenes is most often the man who is cited for introducing democracy to ancient Greece, broke up the power of the aristocracy and divided Athens into ten “tribes” based on where people lived. Although democracy was an improvement over earlier forms of government used in Greece, ancient democracy was specific in the
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