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Priod of full and direct citizen democracy in Athens.
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The Boeotian federation has a minimum property requirement for participation in the democratic assembly
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The oligarchy of the 400 take over the democracy in Athens and in a matter of months is replaced by an oligarchy of 5000.
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By about 460 B.C., the transfer of power to the People who made all important decisions, the Council of the Five Hundred, and the jury courts had been completed. The city retained a substantial degree of direct democracy for 180 years
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Radicalisation of democracy in Athens; Cimon exiled, Pericles comes to exercise influence.
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Cleisthenes establishes new form of government, Democracy, in Athens.
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Reforms by Cleisthenes establishes democracy in Athens
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Direct democracy voting for initiatives and referendums by the citizens on important issues started around two thousand five hundred years ago In Athens, the cradle of democracy. About 590 B.C. power was granted to all the propertied classes, thus establishing a limited democracy. About 500 B.C., democracy was extended to the freemen of Athens
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In Athens the archon Solon lays the foundations for democracy.
