Exploring Ancient Greek Democracy and its Influence on Other City-States
The video explores Ancient Greek Democracy and its impact on other city-states, discussing its government structure and judicial system.
00:00:09 In the 6th century BC, the Athenians developed a new government called a democracy. It included an assembly of freeborn male citizens and a council of 500 male citizens.
📜 In the 6th century BC, the Athenians developed a new type of government called a democracy.
🗳️ The new government had three parts: the assembly, the kansan or bulay, and government officials.
📝 The assembly included around 30,000 freeborn male citizens who gathered to discuss and vote for the city's laws.
00:01:13 The video discusses Ancient Greek Democracy and its influence on other city-states. It explains the council, courts, and jury system used in Athens.
🏛️ Ancient Greek democracy had a council with representatives from every region.
⚖️ The courts in ancient Greece had no judges, only juries, and used a lottery system to select jury members.
🗳️ Athenian democracy was an example of direct democracy, where citizens assembled to pass laws.
00:02:20 An exploration of ancient Greek democracy and the comparison with modern representative democracies.
🏛️ Ancient Greek democracy laid the foundation for modern democratic systems.
🗳️ Representative democracy is more practical in modern times.
👑 The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy.
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