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To: DittoJed2
Where did the rules for democracy come from in Scandinavian countries?

Ancient Greece?

2,759 posted on 08/25/2003 2:11:51 PM PDT by Junior (Killed a six pack ... just to watch it die.)
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To: Junior
Maybe directly from the Norns. The Athling dates back to 960 or earlier. Of course, the Pagan Greeks had democracies dating back to the -300 or so.
2,760 posted on 08/25/2003 2:15:11 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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