Ancient Athens and the Birth of Democracy

Ancient History 508 BC Ancient 🇬🇷 Greece 6,409 views

In the 5th century BC, the Athenian statesman Cleisthenes reformed the polis into the world's first democratic government, giving ordinary citizens a direct voice in their own governance.

The Reforms of CleisthenesIn 508–507 BCE, the Athenian statesman Cleisthenes introduced a series of political reforms that laid the foundations of the world's first democracy. He reorganised the citizen body into ten new "tribes" based on geography rather than aristocratic lineage, breaking the powe...

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