There were also several small states ( with similar size populations) in that part of the world at that time where decisions were also made by voting. So why is one state famous in history as democratic and not the others? This is a strange thing.
2006-08-15 12:57:58 · 14 answers · asked by mutaali t 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Only free men were considered to be citizens, and only citizens had the vote, therefore: men only.
The fame could be down to Athens being seen as the home of democracy, and 'throwing off the shackles of tyranny'. Many of the plays of Euripides and Sophocles remind their original Athenian audience how 'bad' and power-abusing tyrants were.
Athens was, in its day, the most powerful city-state in Greece, which may be a more obvious reason for the fame.
2006-08-15 13:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by hasina_ghani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greece was the first major power which was relatively democratic by historical standards, by todays standards it probably wasn't very democratic at all but compared to most countries at the time which were run by a single monarch it was a step forward. The other smaller countries were democratic but not powerful so have no major reason for being remembered
2006-08-15 13:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not know the answer to the question unless looking at the British culture not so long ago before women go the vote.
Men didn't know the word democratic, unless relating to each other.
I think deocarcy is quite new in the overalll scheme of things.
2006-08-16 03:16:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, still democracy.
Not a free and equal democracy, but still might-makes-right majority rule.
As to being famous, it's what happens to a country that earns it a place in the history books. The other countries that didn't get involved in major regional wars were just quietly forgotten.
2006-08-15 13:01:46 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Democracy in its simplest form i guess. But could you ever see any society letting their slaves vote? Do prisoners get to vote? NO.
Anyway people in the UK aren't in a democracy, some people believe we are but when most of the country and government doesn't want to go to war and we still do this is called a Dictatorship, (like Saddam's government was).
2006-08-15 13:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes democracy. Women having the vote is still relatively new to this civilisation only happening in the last 100 or so years.
2006-08-15 13:06:47 · answer #6 · answered by elvenlike13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
compared to the other countries at that time they had a pretty good democracy since most countries or states were anarchies and had kings and queens but greece let its men choose the leader
2006-08-15 13:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by ThEpErSian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a democracy if you were a free, landholding male. (You also had to be a property owner.) "History belongs to whoever is telling it." Since most of our history books were written by males, no doubt everything looks rosy to them. Strange indeed.
2006-08-15 13:06:30 · answer #8 · answered by R. F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wouldn't this be more of a republic?
since a republic is a government in which a restricted group of citizens form a political unit, usually under the auspice of a charter, which directs them to elect representatives who will govern the state.
or my poli sci knowledge could be utter crap.
2006-08-15 13:03:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, in America, children, felons, and illegal aliens can't vote. Does that mean that we are not a democracy? You make the call.
2006-08-15 13:04:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋