In early greece, a city-state that consisted of a city or town was known as a

Athenian democracy developed around the fifth century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, and is the first known democracy in the world.

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he assumed control of treaty negotiations with a hostile power