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Athens: 500 B.C. The Athenian leader Cleisthenes organized Athenian citizens into ten groups based on where theuy lived rather than their wealth. Citizens were also able to submit laws for debate and passage Cleisthenes created the Council of Five Hundred which proposed laws and councled the assembly
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From 600 until 371 B.C. Sparta had the most powerful army in Greece.
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Athens: 621 B.C. Draco developed an idea that all Athenians were equal under the law of a legalcode.
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650 B.C.
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725 B.C. Sparta conquered the neighboring region of Messenia and took over the land.
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Ahens: 594 B.C. Solon came to power and outlawed debt slavery. He organized the Athens into four social classes according to wealth.