Andy Mays

History

11 October, 13:20

To understand how democracy developed in ancient greece, you must examine the polis, which was the greek word for

a. the greeks shared a language and culture, but each polis had a different government. in 509 bce, athens created a new set of rules that gave power to the people. the greeks called this government

a. members of the council of 500 were chosen.