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Polis
By: JAAM
• “Polis” comes from the word politics.
• Polis is a city state.
• One example of a polis is Athens.
• Athens was the urban area of Attica, and many more.
• Pericles was the one who declared that Athens was a democracy.
• Pericles was the leader for 30 years.• In 510 B.C. Athens created the first democracy.• 500 names were drawn each year to declare the
citizens of Athens.
• Those who chosen served for 1 year as the law makers of Athens.
• The government ran on public officials.
• It took radical measures to limit the officials powers.
• Those citizens who were willing to serve in a certain office put their names in.
• For a short period of time, everyone was willing to take an active part in the government.
• The first attempt to becoming a democracy began under Solon in 594 B.C., but his effort at instituting a constitutional democracy soon fell.
• A man named Peistratus replaced it with a repressive sligarchy.
• Citizens had more rights in Greece city states than any others.
• Women were undemocratic because women had no voice in government.
• Only Women,children,and slaves could not vote.
• Athenian democracy was chosen at random.
• The Athenian communities were split into 10 tribes.
• Each tribe chose 50 citizens.
• These citizens made up the senate.
• Only males who were of Athenian birth could vote.
• About 30,000 out of 250,000 men can vote.
• A new president was chosen every 24 hours.
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