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Cory Wootten January 27, 2014 History 212-2 Cleisthenes: Father of Democracy Cleisthenes is an important figure in ancient Greece, he was the father of democracy. Cleisthenes was born in the year 570 bc. in the city-state of Athens. He was born into a rich family that raised him to be a nobleman. At the time when Cleisthenes was being raised there was a great divide in normal citizens against their wealthy noble rulers. As a young boy he had great expectations to live up to, his grandfather was the ruler of Sicyon, a great Olympian, and was famous all over Greece. There was a power struggle in Athens when Cleisthenes was only ten years old and his older brother (Pisistratus) seized power over Athens. After his reign was over he passed the

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