Athenian government:
-direct democracy it means that people vote on stuff to happen
-had to be 18 to vote
-male citizen
-6000 citizens would show up because the place could only hold 6000 ppl
Critics:
-Socrates and Aristotle
-Aristotle didn’t like the government
Branches of government
-assembly
-council
-legislation
-areopagus
-People’s court
Key players:
(Pericles)
-becamt the leaderof the Athenian democracy
-offered benefits to common people
-weakened the aristocracy
-believed Sparta was a threat
(Cleisthenes)
-came before Pericles
-established the council of 500
(Themistocles)
-Before Pericles
-built up the naval fleet
Defeated Persians
High council:
-Had to be a citizen in order to be on the high council
-this council chose members of the government
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