Week 4: Daily #3

I think that for a while Athens was a democracy. Plythenies wanted to give the people of Athens a say in their future. He came up with a meeting place and the American congress as we know today was born. Even though this only lasted for a while, it just shows that Athens at one point was a democracy. Their government was not decided by a paper vote, but by something very similar; it was decided by pebbles. A white pebble was used for yes and a black pebble was used for no. This let people decide whether they wanted yes or no easy even if they could not read or write. Now, ordinary Greeks were able to become heroes. This democracy changed this tiny city state. Even though Athenian democracy was much different than ours, it was the starting point for many. This democracy helped Greece to win a war. The war took place in 490 B.C., eighteen years after the democracy was started. The Greeks were out number by a ratio of 2:1. It was a war against the Persians. The Athenians were able to succeed and kill over six thousand Persians. After the war had ended, the Athenians returned to Athens to celebrate their victory.