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Give a brief description on how democracy worked in ancient Athens. Has to be 4-5 sentence.

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Answer: Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were in part elected by the Assembly and in large part chosen by lottery in a process called sortition.

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