Athens has a recorded history of more than 3,000 years and is known as the "cradle of western civilization". ? Athens is also the birthplace of European philosophy, which has a great influence on European and world culture. A large number of great historical figures such as Socrates and Plato were born, which can be called the birthplace of democracy.
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The characteristics of Athenian democracy:
1. The basic characteristics of Athenian democracy are people's sovereignty and rule by turns.
2. The citizens' assembly, the 500-member parliament and the people's court fully embody the characteristics of democratic politics.
(1) The citizens' assembly is the highest authority, responsible for deliberating and deciding all state affairs. All legal citizens have the right to participate, know, speak, vote and be elected. The most important procedure of the citizens' assembly is to debate the bill. Eloquent speech depends on rich knowledge, and fierce debate promotes the development of advocating and explaining knowledge.
(2) The 500-member Council is a subsidiary body of the Constituent Assembly, responsible for preparing proposals for and presiding over the Constituent Assembly. When the Parliament is not in session, the Council is the highest power representative of the Parliament and is responsible for supervising the administrative officials to implement the resolutions of the Parliament.
(3) The people's court is the daily judicial organ, and the qualification of senior public officials is also the final judgment of the people's court.
The characteristics of Athenian people's sovereignty are also reflected in many small-scale administrative and military organs.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Democracy in Athens