Athenian Democracy

Athenian Democracy - Solon and Cleisthenes

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Duration: 10:21
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

Although Athens is remembered for creating the first democracy, it took many years and multiple leaders to develop the system we think of today. Learn about ...

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Ancient Greeks: The Revolution of Democracy | History Channel Documentary

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Duration: 54:59
Updated: 13 Aug 2013

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. In the Fourth and Fi...

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Athenian Democracy

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Duration: 15:54
Updated: 07 Feb 2014

Athenian democracy in a nutshell. Trace the birth of democracy from the end of Athenian monarchy to Cleisthenes.

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15. Athenian Democracy

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Duration: 69:34
Updated: 09 Aug 2013

Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan describes the mechanics of the Delian League and its transformation into th...

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Greek Revolution, Athenian Democracy, 508 BC Klisthenis

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Updated: 17 Dec 2012

After the three-year conflicts in 508 b.c. Klisthenis came to power, he placed the foundations of Athenian democracy with serious reforms. The most important...

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Time Travelling for Democracy: Athenian Democracy vs. American Democracy

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Duration: 5:30
Updated: 02 Aug 2013

A man and woman are working in a government laboratory when the man discovers that a fellow scientist has perished during time travel. The female scientist o...

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Athenian Democracy

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Duration: 1:47
Updated: 13 Mar 2014

I made this video about direct democracy in Ancient Greece in December 2013. I made it the form of an RSA animation using a flip cam and a small whiteboard. I'm 12 years old.

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Greek Government, Part Four: Democracy

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Updated: 19 Jul 2013

Greek Government, Part Four: Democracy.

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16. Athenian Democracy (cont.)

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Duration: 73:17
Updated: 11 Aug 2013

Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan continues to discuss the constitution of Athens. In particular, he explores...

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Turning Points in History - Democracy in Greece

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Duration: 3:33
Updated: 10 Aug 2013

After numerous forms of government fail, including monarchy, oligarchy and tyranny, the Greeks form a representative democracy or republic.

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Athenian Democracy

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Duration: 2:30
Updated: 31 Jul 2013

This collection of clips is designed to introduce my civics students to the direct democracy of the city-state of Athens.

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Athenian Democracy - Common Core reading lesson

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Duration: 4:16
Updated: 01 Dec 2013

The history and development of democracy in Athens is described in a Common Core standards based reading lesson. This lesson is a companion to www.mrdowling.com/701-athens.html.

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The Father of Athenian Democracy: Cleisthenes

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Duration: 6:16
Updated: 11 Feb 2013

The Father of Athenian Democracy: Cleisthenes.

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The Athenian Democracy

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Updated: 17 Feb 2014

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Ancient Greece - democracy in ancient Athens

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Duration: 3:21
Updated: 13 Aug 2013

No other city has contributed more to the civilization of mankind than Athens. It is the place where Socrates was born, Plato, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripide...

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History Turning Points in History - Democracy in Greece -Documentary

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Duration: 3:33
Updated: 29 Dec 2013

History Only in History channel is just for aducation. Please subscribele to watch more videos After numerous forms of government fail, including monarchy, oligarchy and tyranny, the Greeks form a representative democracy or republic Thanks for watching Please Subscrile our Facebook page to follow us https://www.facebook.com/PopularDocum...

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Pericles, the Delian League, and the Athenian Golden Age

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Duration: 7:44
Updated: 05 Aug 2013

After the second defeat of the Persians, all of Greece rejoiced. Together, they had overcome the mightiest empire the world had ever seen. Fired up with Panh...

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Analyzing Athenian Democracy

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Duration: 10:14
Updated: 04 Aug 2013

This video attempts to analyze Athenian democracy and find connections with the U.S. system of government. The intent of this is video is for a 6th grade classroom. This video addresses California Social Studies Content Standards 6.4.2 and 6.4.3.

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Ancient Athenian vs American Democracy

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Duration: 3:19
Updated: 19 Apr 2013

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Democracy 1945 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Political Science, Social Studies...

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Duration: 10:19
Updated: 10 Nov 2012

more at http://quickfound.net/links/history_search_and_news.html "Presents nature of meaning of democracy; develops keen appreciation for meaning of democracy by analyzing 4 major concepts on which exists substantial body of general agreement. Points out that true democracy is characterized by at least 2 signs." Public domain film slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws. It encompasses social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination. The term originates from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (kratos) "power" in the 5th century BCE to denote the political systems then existing in Greek city-states, notably Athens; the term is an antonym to ἀριστοκρατία "rule of an elite." The English word dates to the 16th century, from the older Middle French and Middle Latin equivalents. A democratic government contrasts to forms of government where power is either held by one, as in a monarchy, or where power is held by a small number of individuals, as in an oligarchy. Nevertheless, these oppositions, inherited from Greek philosophy, are now ambiguous because contemporary governments have mixed democratic, oligarchic, and monarchic elements. Karl Popper defined democracy in contrast to dictatorship or tyranny, thus focusing on opportunities for the people to control their leaders and to oust them without the need for a revolution. Several variants of democracy exist, but there are two basic forms, both of which concern how the whole body of eligible citizens executes its will. One form of democracy is direct democracy, in which eligible citizens have direct and active participation in the decision making of the government. In most modern democracies, the whole body of eligible citizens remain the sovereign power but political power is exercised indirectly through elected representatives; this is called representative democracy. The concept of representative democracy arose largely from ideas and institutions that developed during the European Middle Ages, the Age of Enlightenment, and the American and French Revolutions... The term "democracy" first appeared in ancient Greek political and philosophical thought in the city-state of Athens. Led by Cleisthenes, Athenians established what is generally held as the first democracy in 508-507 BCE. Cleisthenes is referred to as "the father of Athenian democracy." Athenian democracy took the form of a direct democracy, and it had two distinguishing features: the random selection of ordinary citizens to fill the few existing government administrative and judicial offices, and a legislative assembly consisting of all Athenian citizens. All citizens were eligible to speak and vote in the assembly, which set the laws of the city state. However, Athenian citizenship excluded women, slaves, foreigners (μέτοικοι metoikoi), and males under 20 years old. Of the estimated 200,000 to 400,000 inhabitants of Athens, there were between 30,000 and 60,000 citizens.[citation needed] The exclusion of large parts of the population from the citizen body is closely related to the ancient understanding of citizenship. In most of antiquity the benefit of citizenship was tied to the obligation to fight war campaigns. Athenian democracy was not only direct in the sense that decisions were made by the assembled people, but also directest in the sense that the people through the assembly, boule and courts of law controlled the entire political process and a large proportion of citizens were involved constantly in the public business. Even though the rights of the individual were not secured by the Athenian constitution in the modern sense (the ancient Greeks had no word for "rights"), the Athenians enjoyed their liberties not in opposition to the government but by living in a city that was not subject to another power and by not being subjects themselves to the rule of another person. Even though the Roman Republic contributed significantly to certain aspects of democracy, only a minority of Romans were citizens with votes in elections for representatives. The votes of the powerful were given more weight through a system of gerrymandering...

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