There have been many serious droughts in Australia in the last 200 years. The 1895â1903 drought lasted eight years and caused the death of half of Australia's sheep and forty per cent of its cattle. The 1963â68 drought caused a forty per cent reduction in wheat crops across Australia.
The main reason why direct democracy worked for the ancient Greek city of Athens was because Athens had literate citizens but there were other reasons. This question is archived.
In many ways, ancient Athenian democracy fell far short of its own principles of democracy, but in other ways it was ahead of the democratic systems we have today. By understanding both the failings and successes of that First Democracy, we may be able to improve our own democratic experiment for the benefit of all. .