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My Name is Draco and I helped build democracy in Athens by developing a legal code that made the rich and poor equal under law.

We are all equal under law despite how much money we have made, Yay!

My code also dealt with criminals by making a death penalty for many crimes and debt slavery was also in my code were people would work as slaves to pay off their debt.

I was sent to the death penalty because of my crime.

My name is Solon and I stated that no citizen should own another citizen, I also outlawed debt slavery and introduced the legal concept of any citizen bringing chargers on wrongdoers.

We are really building a democracy here in Athens, I cannot own other citizens now.

I also organized all Athenians citizens into 4 classes according to wealth, only the top 3 classes could hold political office, but everyone could participate in Athenian assembly.

It's too bad only people with apples can hold political office, at-least I can participate in Athenian assembly along with everyone else.

My name is Cleisthenes and I created ten groups organizing the citizens on where they lived, not their wealth. I also increased the power of assembly by allowing citizens to submit laws for debate and passage.

I want to submit a law, am I allowed too? Yes, you can, citizens are allowed to submit laws now.

I also created the Council of Five Hundred were council members were chosen at random and would propose laws and counseled the assembly. There were flaws to my democracy as only free adult male property owners born in Athens had citizenship, no women, slave, or foreigner had citizenship and they all had limited rights.

Only I, a male property owner born in Athens has citizenship. So do I not? No you do not because you are a women. This is a very limited and bad democracy.