Democracy is a system of governance ruled by the majority of those it governs. The first act of democracy probably happened long ago within a small group of people who raised their hands to vote on a proposal, only IF any of them could have been the one who made the proposal.
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who ever wrote that was so immature. They should go back to school so they can learn the answer. Which is by the way ANCIENT Greece.
Some different forms of simple democracy began appearing around the fifth and sixth centuries BCE, with the Athenian form fully developed by the beginning of the fourth.
The first democracy in the ancient world arose in Greece.
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Ancient Greece was pretty democratic.
In Western society, the Ancient Greeks were the first people to formally apply democracy as a political system. The Mesopotamian, Phoenician, and Indian cultures first utilized a basic form of democracy, though.
It is believed that Democacy was first founded in Athens, Greece around 5th century BCE. The word democracy comes from Greek, 'Demokratia'. Some scholars believe forms of democracy were established before the Greeks in older civilizations.
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ANCIENT ATHENS is the Greek City-State credited with creating the world's first democracy.
Election comes originally from Latin - from electio, from eligere meaning to pick out
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Democracy is thought to have first been practiced in ancient Athens, in Greece This would have been during the 6th century BCE, although there are claims that civilizations in Egypt may have practiced it prior.
The first cities in the world developed in Mesopotamia.
Ancient Greece is credited with creating the first democracies. Although there should be noted that Ancient Greexe wasn't a democracy like we know in the modern world. They weren't particularily egalitarian states, since foreigners, slaves, women, and unpropertied males weren't allowed to vote/participate.
Democracy.
Democracy developed independently in multiple locations in the world, including Greece, India, and North America.