Ancient Athens - The Development of the first democratic government system.

Athens Ancient Athens could be known as the first pure democracy or a progressive government. The Athenians were the first culture to develop any sort of government system that could slightly resemble the modern day organization. In Ancient times Athens was ruled by the king Ageais, then around 750BC the people in Athens developed on Aristocracy, which would greatly favor the rich and landowners (to be a citizen in Athens you had to be a …

…of a high raking position he-she could be removed if enough people thought the same. Cleisthenes died in 505BC at the age of 70, after having accomplished all of these changes in just the last two years of his life. So one might say that Athens was the first city to truly begin to form a democratic government system that provided for everyone, and united the city as one, which was what Athens valued above all.