Ch3 reading

What caught my attention the most while reading chapter 3 was the part about Athens and their democracy. A leader named Solon pushed towards democracy in 594 B.C.E.. This is when more men were able to participate in politics. What surprised me the most was the fact that the book states that all men were allowed to take part in assembly, but continues to say that women, slaves and foreigners were not allowed to participate. This made me feel as if the writers were contradicting themselves. It's also sad to hear that the people who made up more than half of the population were not allowed to participate in the assembly which became the center of political life.

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