their families. Before the Greek city states it was harder to survive because of the harsh conditions that troubled the Athenian people. (Internet Source 2) What democracy did was in some ways give the farmer a voice to the government and gave the farmer a chance to ask for help. In the past the land would have probably been taken away from him because of governmental pressure or lack of productivity. In this new democracy the people had a say in what laws would go into place and how others would be treated in a society. You could say this society was more civil because the control of power was given to the people. (Crystal 1) This would lead to the unique society that was Athens.
             Athenian society was mostly made up of farmers but was ruled by the wealthy or the nobles. The farmers mainly produced things such as wheat and the nobles produced mainly wine, olives and grapes. (Hooker 1) The societal part of Athens
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