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The land controlled by Ancient Greece.

The land controlled by Ancient [[Greece]].

Many things, such as the first great [[literature]] in the [[Iliad]] and Odyssey; the first historians, geometry, the first stone throwing catapults, international sporting events, trial by jury, alarm clocks and, perhaps most importantly, [[democracy]].

Many things, such as the first great [[literature]] in the [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]]; the first historians, geometry, the first stone throwing catapults, international sporting events, trial by jury, alarm clocks and, perhaps most importantly, [[democracy]].

For creating the concept of trial by jury. Instead of one man deciding whether or not the accused is guilty, a group of non-partial peers make the decision. As long as the accused was male and a free citizen. The rest, women, slaves, children, foreigners etc., were simply stoned to death.

For creating the concept of trial by jury. Instead of one man deciding whether or not the accused is guilty, a group of non-partial peers make the decision. As long as the accused was male and a free citizen. The rest, women, slaves, children, foreigners etc., were simply stoned to death.