Question

Explain how democracy evolved in Ancient Greece from earlier forms of government in Greece?

Answer 1

For the Greeks any system which excluded power from the whole citizen-body and was not a tyranny or monarchy was described as an oligarchy. Oligarchies were perhaps the most common form of city-stategovernment and they often occurred when democracy went wrong.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Greeks were first ruled by a monarchy, a king ruled in each polis (city-state) when power slowly shifted to the landowning elites. ... In the city-state of Athens, discontent among the farmers, merchants, soldiers, and other ordinary people led to the slow adoption of a limited form of democracy.

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