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Aztec Human Sacrifice
Before the Spanish Conquistadors conquered Southern and Central America, the Aztecs dominated large parts of present-day Mexico from the 14th to the 16th Centuries. Aztec culture had complex mythological and…
Democracy of Classical Athens
Athens is famed as the birthplace of democracy but how democratic was it in the 5th Century AD? Certainly some of its citizens were allowed to vote, but the city state also held slaves. In fact, voting was limited to the free Athenian men of estimated 250,000 population. The Athenians also held trials by jury, in which the typical size of a jury was 501.
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