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Archaeologists investigate the dramatic origins of democracy in ancient Greece 2,500 years ago.
Follow archaeological investigations into the dramatic origins of democracy in Greece 2,500 years ago. Mass graves and ancient ruins where tyrants were murdered shine new light on the birth of a revolutionary form of government.
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Athens: Birth of Democracy Preview
Preview: Season 53 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow archaeological investigations into the dramatic origins of democracy in Greece 2,500 years ago. Mass graves and ancient ruins where tyrants were murdered shine new light on the birth of a revolutionary form of government.
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- [Speaker] This is where democracy was first practiced.
- [Narrator] Archeologists are digging for clues.
- That's a smoking gun.
- [Narrator] Of a radical experiment.
- Deimos is the people.
Kratos meant power.
- [Narrator] That inspired our own system of government.
- The second one is a white one.
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