Athens was the shining star of the Greek city-states. Athens was a city-state in Greece that was one of the best. Even though she didn't have the best army, she had the best brains. Athens is still thriving today with a great life, a very strong democracy and a great location. Athenian democracy Athenian democracy was very interesting. A new government has arrived in Athens (bbc.co.uk 1). It was called a democracy, which meant “to be governed by the people” (bbc.co.uk 1). However, not everyone had the right to vote (bbc.co.uk 1). Only a male citizen had any say in how the town was run (bbc.co.uk 1). There were approximately 30,000 citizens in the city-state of Athens (bbc.co.uk1). Democracy in Athens developed the city-state of Athens (Blackwell 2). Democracy in Athens was called Polis (Nardo 13). Other Greek city-states followed the Athenian model of democracy, but none were as successful (Blackwell 2). Every little decision was voted on (Nardo 13). It was a direct democracy (Blackwell 2). In fact, democracy in Athens was very successful. Democracy was open to all citizens (Blackwell 2). Public opinion was influenced by political satire (Blackwell2). In Athens they had powerful rulers, one of them was Pericles, he helped them a lot (Virginia 2). The people of Athens governed themselves (Blackwell 2). Athenian democracy was organized. He passed a law that if you were 18, you were a citizen (Blackwell 3). Democracy eliminated laws, accepted for murder (Nardo 17). Democracy had checks and balances to ensure that no one gained too much power (Blackwell2). Democracy imposed a time of reflection to see if the laws were well chosen (Blackwel...... middle of paper ......y Ancient, Roman, Byzantine and modern monuments (uenps2014.org). Monuments can be found all around the city center, side by side with contemporary constructions such as buildings, roads and train stations (uenps 2014.org) Athens has many natural resources: marble, clay, nickel). , coal, bauxite, ore and chromate (projects.cbe.ab.ca). The country has only one major oil deposit in the Aegean Sea (projects.cbe.ab.ca). been used throughout history (projects.cbe.ab.ca). to do there. Democracy was strong and prosperous, Athens was a great star, it showed exactly that Greece was and always will be the best city-state in Greece..