Discuss the rise and growth of Athens, pointing out its glorious legac

1.	Discuss the rise and growth of Athens, pointing out its glorious legacy.
Answer» In Athens, the pressure from below resulted in the replacement of both oligarchy’and tyranny by “democracy”. The law-making power in Athens was vested in an assembly open to all freemen. Judges and lower officials were chosen by lots. This arrangement was resented by ‘ the upper classes who considered democracy to be the rule of the mob. The Persian danger had united the Greeks. When this danger was removed, they started quarrelling again. The history of many Greek city-states was one of continual struggles by the rich landowners against “democracy”. The only exception was Athens, where “democracy’ survived for about 200 years.

Discuss the rise and growth of Athens, pointing out its glorious legacy.

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In Athens, the pressure from below resulted in the replacement of both oligarchy’and tyranny by “democracy”. The law-making power in Athens was vested in an assembly open to all freemen. Judges and lower officials were chosen by lots. This arrangement was resented by ‘ the upper classes who considered democracy to be the rule of the mob.

The Persian danger had united the Greeks. When this danger was removed, they started quarrelling again. The history of many Greek city-states was one of continual struggles by the rich landowners against “democracy”. The only exception was Athens, where “democracy’ survived for about 200 years.

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