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Athens democracy was not perfect, but they were going in the right direction. Their democracy was half-way to the definition. Women did not get to vote, which was consisted  half of the population. Women didn't have that many Rights.

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Not very democratic since women,slaves, and immigrants were not allowed to vote.

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Athens was not very democratic. Women, slaves, and immigrants did not have the right to vote.

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Yes, Athenian democracy could of included more freedom. Women were not allowed to vote. The definition of democracy is "all people have power." Our country can not improve their democracy.

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The reason they let Pericles rule for so long is because he did such a good job with everybody. Most everyone loved him and , he just did a great job

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I think that the Us would not have become a democracy if Athens did not create it. Before, there was only a monarchy. Now there is a alternative: democracy.

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Athens was very democratic. Every ten days citizens would come to the assembly. Even though they weren't a true democracy, they were democratic.

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we can take it by giving more power to the people since wer have a electoral college where it doesnt always come down to whaty people think so we need to give people a little more freedom of choice.

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Yes, we can be a better democracy by maybe having direct democracy.

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The purest definition of democracy would be “government by the people.” It comes from the two Greek words “demos” which means “people” and “kratein” which mean “to rule.” It basically means that the government, is the people. All people have free say and freedom to vote.

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I think Athens was not that democratic because not everyone got to vote. Although it was a direct democracy, not everyone has equal rights. Not all of the men voted. They were very close minded and it would've taken them longer to get where we are because we have a better education and more people vote now.

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We can carry it further by making all democracies pure and get rid of slavery and give more rights to men.

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I think that Athens was somewhat democratic. Men and women did not have equal rights. There were also slaves, which directly contradicts the definition of democracy. That is not power to all of the people. Not all of the men voted anyway. They were very close minded and did not want to make the women and slaves have equal rights.

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I think democracy was carried father by Athens. Athens started the system of democracy. If it were not Athens, the United States would be ruled totally different.

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Athens was fairly democratic, but women and slaves could not vote. They still had the basis of your average democracy, but they were not a pure democracy.

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Can Democracy be carried further than it was by the Athenians or is by us? In what ways? Democracy is being carried further by us than it was by the Athenians, in many ways. First, there are no slaves here, and women can vote. Although the Athenians could have gone further than they were with their idea of democracy. But they would be more closed-minded and would take longer to get where we are today.

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The people in Athens let Pericles rule for so long because he created laws and rules that mad athens what it was. The people thouth he was incoruptable. In my opinion withouta chief executive democracy would be worse and cause chaos because all the calls, based on the people

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Athens let Pericles rule because he was a good speaker and thinker, he also had a private life. He was balanced in his personality and made a good leader.

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I think that the US would carry democracy better because there is no slaves anymore and women can vote, unlike in Athens. We have more knowledge. Every citizen has equal rights.

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I believe that democracy will be taken farther by the US than Athens because we give the people more rights than Athens. For example, women can now vote, we don't have slaves, and all men can vote.

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We could carry it further because we don't have slaves and everyone has equal rights.Back in Athens they had slaves and women couldn't vote. Pretty much all races and religions aren't discriminated based on their belief. We also learn from the past so we can change things from our past mistakes.

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Yes, democracy can be taken

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They let Pericles rule for so long because he had done so much good for the community. Pericles was the one to introduce state pay and reduce power of other government officials. He was elected for many years to be on the Board of 10 Generals. He also made Athens beautiful with new buildings and architecture and gave many people new jobs. ||| Democracy would work better with a chief executive. This is because the chief would oversee overlooking the country, as it would be his/her job. They would make sure the country would stay in order.

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I think it was a good decision to let Pericles rule for so long. Pericles was a great leader and made sure to improve Athens. Democracy would work better with a chief executive because it would be like not having a president. The country would turn into chaos and

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Slavery in a society cannot be defined as a democracy because in a true democracy all people have rights and slaves did not so that does not make it fair for them so no slavery contradicts the true meaning of a democracy. Slaves had to work all day for OTHER people and dont even get a salary.

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No, a society that has slaves does not have the right to call themselves a true democracy because the meaning of democracy is ALL people are allowed to rule. At U.S.'s inception they had slaves so they could not call themselves a democracy.

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I believe that Athens let Perciles rule for a long time because he ruled for so many people and did so much for them

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I think that Athens let Pericles rule for so long when they thought it was dangerous was because they trusted him and

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Athens allowed Pericles to rule because he beautified athens and appealed to the people. Democracy is better with cheif executives so that someone can oversee the people.

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Societies that contain slaves aren't considered a true democracy. Slaves had no power, and a democracy is when everyone has power.
Therefore, the United States didn't have the right to call itself a democracy during its inception.

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I think Athens let Pericles rule for so long because democracies only work if people vote fir able leaders, and Pericles was one of them. His popularity left little room for other polticians

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A democracy that contains slavery cannot call itself a democracy because not ALL PEOPLE ARE TREATED EQUALLY, in a true and fair democracy All people are treated fairly.

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I think Athens let Pericles rule for so long because the people liked his ideas and he made sure not to mix his personal life with his work life. Democracy, in my opinion, wouldn't work better without a chief executive because if everyone had equal power, nobody would make an official decision and the government might become chaotic due to the lack of an official decision.

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Athens cannot call itself a democracy because Athens does not give everyone a say, in our democracy anyone can vote, but in Athens only men can have a say or opinion in politics.

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Athens was not a true democracy because of the slavery. They had no freedom they weren't allowed to vote. They WERE NOT TREATED EQUALLY.

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No, a society that contains slavery does not have the right to call itself a democracy. The meaning of democracy is to give equal power to all people, and if one class of people does not have that equal power, it does not deserve the right to call itself a democracy. The U.S. didn't have the right to call itself a democracy when it was born because the country contained slavery for more than a hundred years.

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No, Athens did not have the right to call itself a democracy because slaves, women, and immigrants could not vote. The United States had slaves at its independence and the slaves did not have the same rights as regular citizens. At the United States' inception the U.S did not have the right to call itself a true democracy.

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Society that contains slavery can't call itself a democracy because not everyone would have equal power. The U.S didn't have the right to call itself a democracy in its inception.

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A society that has slaves can't call itself a democracy. This is because the slaves are not free, they are under constant watch by their owners. Slaves don't have the right to vote, making it an unfair democracy. The U.S did not have the right to call itself a democracy when it still had slaves, people who didn't have a right to vote.

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No. Democracy gives power to everyone, and slaves had no power. women couldn't either. The U.S wasn't a democracy at its inception.

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The aspects of Athenian life to contradictory to the definition of democracy, is Athens wasn't a true democracy. Women couldn't vote and stayed in their house all day. A democracy is when all people could vote and have power.

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The structure is set in place by direct vote and to know that every citizen has the same amount of power.

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No, I don't think Athens had the right to call its self a democracy because not all people had the right to vote, for example, slaves and woman. I also don't think that America had the right to call its self a democracy at its inception because, again, there were loads of slaves and woman could sill not vote.

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Some aspects of Athenian life that go against the definition of democracy is that only men over the age of 18 could vote. This means no women, no slaves, and no children (which is still the same as today). Also, wealthier and more known men were usually listened to more often than other people. You could get exiled if enough people voted you out.

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Athens was not really a true democracy. Slaves, women, and those not born in Athens did not have the right to vote. A democracy allows everyone to vote

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Athenians kept people from becoming to powerful by only allowing certain people to rule, for example, only people who could speak very loud or important leaders could speak at a meeting.

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The aspects of Athenian life that contradicts democracy was the fact that women had no rights. Athens also had slaves.

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Athenians did not allow women, slaves, and immigrants to vote making it only men who were allowed. The meaning of Democracy is ALL citizens are allowed to vote so the Athenian life was really contradictory to the meaning of democracy.

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Women in Athens didn't have the right to vote, leave their house without a man, or even to receive a proper education. Slaves didn't have many rights either

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The Athenians didn't give women near as much power as men, therefore their lifestyle wasn't the same as a true democracy. They also didn't consider women, slaves, or immigrants citizens.

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Ostracism prevented people from becoming too powerful. Anyone who got majority(more than 600 votes) was sent into exile.

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The men did not get to vote, they had leaders, and only the voters had freedom

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They only let people stay in council for one year and would kick one person out that they didn't like.

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The Athenians said that a leader could only serve for one year at a time.

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The Athenians made sure that no one had more power then others by

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The Athenians realized that power corrupts. What structure did they put in place to prevent any citizen from becoming too powerful?

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The Athenians realized that power corrupts. What structure did they put in place to prevent any citizen from becoming too powerful?

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The Athenians set in place the system so that no member of the council would become too powerful. Otherwise known to keep the council from becoming a private reserve for the wealthy. That is that members only served once a year, you couldn’t be a member two years in a row. Also, no one can serve more than twice in their lifetime. For the Athenians realized that power corrupts.

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To keep anyone from being too powerful, there was ostracism. People voted out men they disliked. Politicians were also investigated.

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Core Question 1
The democracy in Athens looked like an unequal democracy. Only men could vote, and women stayed home and raised their children. This wasn't a true democracy

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In reality, democracy in Athens was successful. People avoided extremes in politics. Assembly's were held, where people can speak to each other.

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They put a rule that a person could only be part of the 500 people steering committee for 1 year

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Democracy in Athens was not pure. Women couldn't vote and slaves couldn't either. All the power was given to the men. They also had representatives in some way, also known as the council.

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 In reality, what did democracy look like in Athens?

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 In reality, what did democracy look like in Athens?

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Athens didn’t have the purest democracy. Only male citizens, over the age of 18 could participate in the democracy. If you lived far away, in the country, you had to travel a long way to be able to vote. This type of democracy has a few unstable policies but was quite advanced for the time.

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Athens did not have a true democracy because slaves, and women couldn't vote. They also didn't have the same rights as men. The women probably wouldn't be able to vote because they were so excluded from the world that they didn't know much about what was happening

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In reality, Athens is not a true democracy. Only men could vote. Not only could the the women and slaves could vote, they did not have the knowledge to do so. They did not know how to read and rarely left their houses. This might be the reason that they were not able to vote. Even so, the men had no right to exclude the slaves and women from democracy.

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Democracy in Athens was not a true democracy because only men were allowed to vote; women, foreigners, and slaves were banned from voting. Additionally, any law had to be proposed by someone who's name was on a statue. Athenians also believed in the "golden mean," meaning that they could not go extreme in politics.

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In Athens, democracy was where only men were given a vote or say. Women and slaves were not counted as citizens, and only m,en could participate in political decisions.

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In reality, democracy in ancient Athens wasn't a true democracy. Women, slaves, and foreigners couldn't vote. And sometimes votes were ineffective.

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democracy in Athens was not pure. only men were allowed to make important decisions that effected everyone. men were the main people there and slaves, and women had to follow a lot of rules, and were not taught, or treated the same.

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My definition and the article's definition are the same. The internet says that in a true pure democracy, people vote on the laws directly. They don't elect representatives.

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There is no difference between the definition of pure democracy in my opinion or online. However, in Athens, only men could vote.

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the article tell us that democracy is when the power is on the people not a specific government. my answer was very similar to this, that people have freedom.

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Opening Question:
Online, it says that the purest definition of democracy is when everything is voted on by the citizens instead of representatives.In the article it says that pure democracy is a government ruled by people. The two definitions aren't really all that different.

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Athenian life contradicted their democracy because a true democracy allowed ALL people to have a say, right, and vote. Athens thought they were the greatest but they didn't allow women or slaves to vote and that is not the true definition of democracy. They also made slaves do a lot of things and that's not a true democracy.

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According to "How democratic was Athens?" The word democracy comes from two words. A noun and a verb, these two words are "demos" and "Keratein". They mean people and to rule. Democracy is when all the citizens influence the government and who is in it. This is my democracy definition. Compared to the one online, the one online is more detailed. But that to me is one of the only differences.

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The purest definition of democracy, according to "How Democratic Was Athens," can be defined by splitting apart the word. "Demos" means people and "kratein" means "to rule." According to the dictionary, democracy means power is said
by the people rather than through representatives.

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the purest definition of Democracy is that all people can participate in making the decisions for the country. A democracy is a government by the people.

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The purest definition of democracy is rule by the people. All people can have a say in the government. They should have the same rights.

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Opening Question
The purest definition of democracy is "Government by the people", or "rule by the ruled". "Demos" means people and "kratein" which means rule. The definition I put and the meaning of pure democracy are very similar. The power came from the people not representatives.

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The purest definition of a democracy is when all people "rule". All people have rights and all people choose and agree on things without representatives. The text states that a pure democracy means that the power is given to the people. It is when they have political freedom and no representatives. It is similar to what I said because I said that the people chose. But I did not say about no representatives.

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Opening Question
The purist definition of democracy is that all citizens have the same power over the government, no matter their religion, race, or skin color. A true democracy also doesn't have slaves.
In other words "Government By The people."
The article told us that democracy is based on the people's decisions while having the same power or freedom.

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The purest definition of democracy is that all people should have an opinion, right, or say.

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The purest definition of democracy is rule by the people. If you actually translate it,that is exactly what it means. All people rule in a democracy. It gets far more complicated with direct and indirect democracy. This is based on representatives.
Core Questions:
2. In Athens, women and slaves were not allowed to vote. Only male citizens were allowed to vote. This was reality in  Athens. This was not a true democracy, as not everyone was allowed to vote.
3. To prevent anyone from becoming too powerful, Athens arranged a democracy. If everyone has equal power, there is no one ruler, hence not making one person hold all the power.
4. Some Athenian lifestyle choices that contradict the meaning of democracy is that many people couldn't vote! Women and slaves were excluded from all political affairs, even if they were Athenian! These people made up a huge chunk of Athens' population, and yet Athens is considered a true democracy by some. Most people in Athens couldn't even vote!
5. No, having slaves overrules the whole meaning of democracy. slaves most likely didn't have voting rights. This was unfair, and this made a place an untrue democracy. Although the US is an indirect democracy, it has no slavery and all citizens can vote, hence making it a true democracy.
6. Athens let Pericles rule for so long

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The purest definition of democracy is "government by the people," meaning that all of the citizens have say and are able to vote. So people are voting on everything and not voting for representatives that make the options for them.

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To simplify the definition, democracy means "government by the people", which means every citizen had a voice. By comparing this to information from the article, we can infer that there are many different forms of democracy. On different sources online, the definition was conquered differently.

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The purest definition of democracy is when all people can vote for laws and leaders. People can also assemble to discuss politics.