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=Athenian democracy and United States democracy=

Between these two cultures even though the were far apart in age, but they are both nations of democracy.

Athens has been inhabited as far back as the neolithic times around 3000 BC. . But they did not begin to grow in size until the Mycenaean moved in. There were around from about 1,400 BC to 1,200 BC. They started to build more and more and started to expanded out. They Were mostly on the Acropolis. The Acropolis is a mountains that turned into the center of the city. As the nation grew so did the politics. The dark age and Dorian's disappeared.

Athenian Democracy-
The three groups that must be present are The Assembly of the Demos. The Assembly was the people who came almost all the time. Also know as citizens,women like and hand the right of being citizens. They had no rights compared to the men. There was also the Council of 500. The council of 500 was the full time government of Athens that had 500 citizens that 50 people from ten different tribes came and made the Council. The last group of the Democracy was the peoples court. The peoples court was the lawmakers of about 6,000 citizens.

United States Democracy-
The United States is a democracy as well. There are three main parts or branches to our government as well. The legislated which is Congress, the congress is divided into two sections the House of Representatives and the senate. Congress helps write laws but cannot change or make them solely. The next branch is the Judicial branch which is The supreme court which is the most important court in our nation. Not many cases make it to the supreme court but what they rule is final and there cannot be any appeals. The final branch is the executive which would be the president and the vice president. They are the only people in the government that are elected by all citizens 18 or older. They are the most important branch but does not have the power to make laws or change things with the other two branches. They can propose laws but have no vote in congress and make pretty much all of the foreign polices.

Between the two nations they are very similar but far apart in age. The Athenians started of on the democracy and its evolved over time. Only men could vote and even then only wealthy men can vote and slaves could note vote. The United States is sort of the same way excited every citizen has the right to vote unless your under the age of 18 or are not from this country. In a lot of states, mentally ill and people in jail are not allowed to vote. Even then we do not have full power because the Whole country does not vote for the government its divide and we pick representatives to be our voice. So our government in some views is not a democracy but to others it is.

__Resources used__
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500781_1/United_States_Government.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Athens