The Greeks introduced a system of political reforms that they called demokratia, or “rule by the people.” ... Although this Athenian democracy would survive for only two centuries, Cleisthenes' invention was one of ancient Greece's most enduring contributions to the modern world.
Both egyptian and chinese written languages use pictures as a basis (aka pictographs). On the other hand, our alphabet and the alphabets it stems from base their characters on sounds.
Telemachus does not recognize her at the start, believing her to be Mentes, a friend of his father. He only realizes that she is a goddess when she leaves, “like a bird in soaring flight but left his spirit filled with nerve and courage... this was a god, he knew it well...”
Declaration of Independence, they were English territories before that.
