All of the ancient civilizations were close to a major water source.
All of them practiced agriculture in order to provide enough food for their civilization.
All of them had some sort of irrigaiton in place in order to water down he fields.
All of them lived in socially stratified societies where a ruler was present.
Honestly it’s kinda just a miss or hit with indirect democracy but how I see it I think it’s good because there’s an elected official that represents the majority of the peoples voices these officials represent the citizens' ideas and concerns in government
Answer:
treat them how you would treat everybody else.