I'm not an expert but I think it's Mesopotamia. If i'm wrong sorry! :)
Athens permitted citizens to take part directly in day-to-day affairs of government and became the worlds first democracy.
Direct Democracy is where the participating citizens are allowed to vote on legislation directly. This was the type of democracy Athens practiced and it was the first of its kind in the known world.
The late Ming peasant rebellions (明末民變) were a series of peasant revolts during the last decades of the Ming dynasty lasting from 1628–1644.
