What gave rise to democracy in Athens? Explain why Plato did not favor democracy as the best form of government in his Republic?

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Are there any good online sources where I can find the above questions?

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Answer 1

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Athenian_democracy.html

http://languages.siu.edu/classics/Johnson/HTML/L10.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy

http://facultyfiles.frostburg.edu/phil/forum/PlatoRep.htm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1824376/posts