How is the u. s. congress and the greek assembly the same

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Antony Ponce

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8 August, 02:46

How is the u. s. congress and the greek assembly the same

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Pamela Sweeney · Answer 1

The U. S. Congress takes the role that the Assembly and Council of 500 did in ancient Athens, proposing and voting on legislation in a similar way, but it is, of course, made up of a much smaller body of elected representatives than the Assembly.

Yareli Ayers · Answer 2

But was ancient Athenian democracy as alike to democracies of today as we ... They also had to go to the Athenian assembly (the Pnyx) on a ...