Answer:
The beginnings of democracy were seen in the Greek city-state of Athens around 400 B.C.
Step-by-step explanation:
The first cases of democratic political organization arose in the city-state of Athens around the year 500 BC. The small size and sparse population of the Greek polis explain the possibility of a town assembly, of which only free males could be part, thus excluding 75% of the population composed of slaves, women and foreigners. The assembly was the symbol of Athenian democracy. In the Greek democracy there was no representation, government offices were alternately occupied by all citizens and the sovereignty of the assembly was absolute. All these restrictions and the small population of Athens (some 300,000 inhabitants) made it possible to minimize the obvious logistical difficulties of this form of government.