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describing the ancient greeks
select the answers that best complete this paragraph about ancient greece.
to understand how democracy developed in ancient greece, you must examine the polis, which was the greek word for a city - state. the greeks shared a language and culture, but each polis had a different government. in 509 bce, athens created a new set of rules that gave power to the people. the greeks called this government a democracy. members of the council of 500 were chosen from the options: randomly, through elections, by senators
In Athenian democracy, the Council of 500 (Boule) was designed to be representative of the citizen body. To ensure broad participation and prevent concentration of power, its members were selected randomly from eligible citizens, not through elections or by Senators.
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