Reasons for the Formation of Democracy in Ancient Greece

1. Greece's mountainous terrain is easy to form a small country with few people. The coastline is tortuous, there are many good ports, and the land is not fertile. Not suitable for planting grain crops, but suitable for planting cash crops such as olives and grapes. Therefore, with the development of industry and commerce, democratic ideas came into being earlier.

China has a vast territory, rich products, a vast river basin and developed farming civilization. It is an agricultural country dominated by small-scale peasant economy. So it is easy to form an autocratic centralization of authority.

2. Britain is a constitutional monarchy with parliamentary system. The king was unified but not dead. Parliament has the highest legislative power, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet holds the executive power, and the judicial power is independent of the executive power.

1871~1918 The German Empire is a dual monarchy. The monarch has legislative, executive and judicial power. Parliament is a nominal legislature, and the monarch can veto parliamentary legislation. The prime minister of the cabinet is responsible to the emperor, not to the parliament.

1870 The Third Republic of France was a parliamentary system with legislative power and was the center of power. The president is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the army, with great power in name.

3. The city-state democracy in Athens, ancient Greece initiated the modern western democratic system, but its ruling mode of taking turns as villages and drawing lots was only applicable to small countries with small population. Rome and the country are aristocrats and state systems, and the Senate is composed of aristocrats, who elect consuls to handle daily affairs. It is a kind of collective rule of the nobility, and it also provides reference for the later democratic system. The representative system in western countries today has inherited and developed the political system of ancient Greece and Rome. Parliament, for example, is the development of the citizens' assembly. As the highest authority and legislature, it imitates the 500-member conference elected in Perikles, but the head of state is elected, which is different from Athens. The members of the 500-member conference are elected by turns. We will develop lottery tickets into voting and proportional elections, so as to avoid the emergence of people without political literacy holding important positions.