The First Democracies

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The First Democracies

Author	: Eric W. Robinson
File Size	: 50,9 Mb
Publisher	: Franz Steiner Verlag
Language	: English
Release Date	: 26 April 1997
ISBN	: 3515069518
Pages	: 148 pages

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The First Democracies by Eric W. Robinson Book PDF Summary

Athens is often considered to have been the birth place of democracy but there were many democracies in Greece during the Archaic and Classical periods and this is a study of the other democratic states. Robinson begins by discussing ancient and modern definitions of democracy, he then examines Greek terminology, investigates the evidence for other early democratic states and draws conclusions about its emergence.

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