ancient greece

Ancient Greece (Athens) In prehistoric times Attica was a region that contained many tiny independent villages. Much later, in the great days of Athens, stories were told of the legendary King Theseus who, it was said, had united all the villages into one state. It’s capital was Athens. It’s citizens still mostly country dwellers were all Athenians. The focus of the unified state was the great rock of Athens- the Akropoli (high-city). From …

…and our people. It gave us the voting system, which to, this day works in our government. Without the peoples consent the government cannot rule anything. This system helped discipline the way we want government to run things. When the government was first created, they needed a way to elect representatives, voting was the best way. Also it taught us education was very important, and that one cannot rule unless he or she is educated.