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Originally, Athens was ruled in six hundred fifty B.C. by tyrants. Later, Solon, changed the qualifications of political power laws: Athens' council would be elected by merit, not birthright. Eventually, Cleisthenes introduced the concept of an equal rights of all the free male citizens: Democracy was born.

The fact that farmers were paid for destroying crops.