Compare And Contrast Athens And Greek Government

Governments all over the world have many similarities and differences. From ancient governments to newly formed governments, many influences have been shared. Athens government during Ancient Greek times, is very similar to the United States government that is known today. To begin with, both governments are forms of a democracy, although before the democracy in Athens, they used to have an aristarchy. Cleisthenes created a council of over 500 around 500B.C, where he created more reforms after the work of Draco and Solon, pushing to change Athens to a democracy. After the democracy was created, Pericles decided to strengthen it greatly, during the Golden Age. Athens was a strait democracy; however, the United States is a form of a democracy