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Why do discussions of the origin of democratic government often look back at Greece and Rome

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the reason is because this is where democracy formed (specifically in Athens, which was part of Ancient Greece), although Greece had a direct democracy as opposed to a representative one.
Both of these nations were among the first ones that try to abolish form of governments that controlled by the kings and tried to create a society where the people held the most power
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