2007-01-15 03:19:09 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not the idea, but the type we have is. It employs some Iroquois ideas as well, something the Greeks didn't know about. The Six Nations were and are democratic as well, and there's a lot of influence from them. That's why our democracy isn't really the same as the Greek type if you look at it. The Greeks had social classes, whereas the Six Nations didn't discriminate by social class--that was unheard of in Europe and a novel idea to the settlers. The American type of democracy is a mixture of Greek and Native ideas. It's that Native influence that also explains why we aren't so rigid when it comes to class, like many European countries are.
2007-01-15 03:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Democracy began in Ancient Greece where all the male citizens over the age of 20 had the opportunity to vote. Unlike the United State's democracy, Ancient Greece had a "Direct Democracy" where every vote is tallied and counted, rather than our "Representative Democracy" where we vote for people and then they vote for us. The founders included Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes
2007-01-15 14:09:02 · answer #2 · answered by flooter07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Ancient Greece was the first to have democracy. And only certain city states had democracy, like Athens.
2007-01-15 11:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by bldudas 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The Greeks had a form of democracy over 2000 years ago (the "dem" in "democracy" comes from the Greek for "deme" which means "people"). Before that, simple tribal groups often decided important issues by preponderance of opinion, particularly before there was a "state."
2007-01-15 11:23:39 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
no, the greeks had a political system
but yes, after the rise of nationalism in the world (which was absent in the greco-roman era), the US was the first true democracy.
today, as condi rice pointed out, the US is the oldest democracy in the world, and India is the largest
2007-01-15 12:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ancient Romans and Greeks had a form of democracy,which many of our laws are still based on.
2007-01-15 11:23:01 · answer #6 · answered by Dfirefox 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Excuse me ! has nobody told you of the British Parliment, the Blue print for Democracy the world over since the 1700,s.
2007-01-15 11:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by Matthew 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Athens was the birthplace of democracy.
2007-01-15 11:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by futureteacher0613 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
NO. DEMOCRACY HAS NEVER EXISTED IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. IF YOU WERE BORN IN THE US AND NEVER LEFT OUR SHORES, YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.
2007-01-15 17:12:43 · answer #9 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ancient greece. democracy is much older than 200ish years
2007-01-15 14:34:19 · answer #10 · answered by Bertine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋