<P> Athenian democracy developed around the fifth century BC in the Greek city - state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, and is the first known democracy in the world . Other Greek cities set up democracies, most following the Athenian model, but none are as well documented as Athens' . </P> <P> It was a system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills . Participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen, i.e., not a foreign resident, a slave or a woman, and the number of these was "probably no more than 30 percent of the total adult population ." </P> <P> The longest - lasting democratic leader was Pericles . After his death, Athenian democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolutions towards the end of the Peloponnesian War . It was modified somewhat after it was restored under Eucleides; the most detailed accounts of the system are of this fourth - century modification rather than the Periclean system . Democracy was suppressed by the Macedonians in 322 BC . The Athenian institutions were later revived, but how close they were to a real democracy is debatable . Solon (594 BC), Cleisthenes (508 / 7 BC), and Ephialtes (462 BC) contributed to the development of Athenian democracy . Cleisthenes broke up the power of the nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than on their wealth . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Part of the Politics series </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Democracy </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> History </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Types </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Anticipatory </Li> <Li> Athenian </Li> <Li> Cellular </Li> <Li> Consensus </Li> <Li> Cosmopolitan </Li> <Li> Defensive </Li> <Li> Delegative </Li> <Li> Deliberative </Li> <Li> Direct </Li> <Li> Economic </Li> <Li> Electronic </Li> <Li> Empowered </Li> <Li> Ethnic </Li> <Li> Grassroots </Li> <Li> Guided </Li> <Li> Inclusive </Li> <Li> Industrial </Li> <Li> Interactive </Li> <Li> Jacksonian </Li> <Li> Jeffersonian </Li> <Li> Liberal / Illiberal </Li> <Li> Media </Li> <Li> Multiparty </Li> <Li> New </Li> <Li> Non-partisan </Li> <Li> Participatory </Li> <Li> People's </Li> <Li> Popular </Li> <Li> Procedural </Li> <Li> Radical </Li> <Li> Representative </Li> <Li> Religious <Ul> <Li> Christian </Li> <Li> Islamic </Li> <Li> Jewish </Li> <Li> Mormon </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Sectarian </Li> <Li> Semi </Li> <Li> Semi-direct </Li> <Li> Social </Li> <Li> Socialist </Li> <Li> Sociocracy </Li> <Li> Sovereign </Li> <Li> Soviet </Li> <Li> Substantive </Li> <Li> Totalitarian </Li> <Li> Workplace </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related topics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Anarchism </Li> <Li> Kleroterion </Li> <Li> Democratic capitalism </Li> <Li> Democratic centralism </Li> <Li> Democratic confederalism </Li> <Li> Democratic republic </Li> <Li> Democratic socialism </Li> <Li> Democratization </Li> <Li> Democracy and economic growth </Li> <Li> Democracy in Marxism </Li> <Li> Democracy promotion </Li> <Li> Liberalism </Li> <Li> Libertarianism </Li> <Li> Majoritarianism </Li> <Li> Motion </Li> <Li> Ochlocracy </Li> <Li> People's democratic dictatorship </Li> <Li> Polyarchy </Li> <Li> Sortition </Li> <Li> Tyranny of the majority </Li> <Li> Voting </Li> <Li> Wars between democracies </Li> <Li> Wave of democracy </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Politics portal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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