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People who were citizens of Athens, who were age 30 or older were eligible for the council of 500, who created and proposed laws. if you were a citizen, a man over the age of 18, you would meet in the Assembly of Athens.

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The kind of government in Athens, was a kind of democracy. A democracy is where people can have all of the say and not dictators. although all the citizens had say, only free men over the age of 18 were permitted to be citizens.

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The government ran by having all of the citizens of Athens meet every once in a while to discuss how to improve things. there was also a council of 500, where people would propose laws. the council of 500 would be chosen from the citizens over the age of 30. this would insure that everyone felt like they mattered, which they did.

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This government would run because, the people would have say so all of the people would love to have this government. because all of the people loved this form of government, there was no revolting because when there are a lot of people, they can easily overthrow the rulers.

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The assembly of Athens would meet every ten days on a hill called the Pnyx. at least 6,000 citizens had to attend in order for it to be a meeting. if that requirement was not met, people would go out and force people that needed to come, to come, after spraying them with red paint.

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In the Council of 500, which were 500 citizens selected out of the people of the age 30 or older, met every day. the citizens of Athens, on the other hand, met every 10 days.