What were the characteristics of oligarchy and democracy in greece?

Obligarchy = rule by a small group of merchants and artisans

democracy = rule by the people

Athens, Greece built a limited democracy around 621 BC

-Lord Draco developed a legal code based on equality of citizens

- Solon abolished debt slavery

-Cleisthenes had citizens make laws - a direct democracy

-citizens had to be a native-born, property-owning male