"Olmec" is the one among the following choices given in the question that <span>is generally considered the earliest civilization in the Americas. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "C". I hope that this answer has actually helped you.</span>
If I understood your question correctly, the culture that was present in Athens at the time when they first started with the project we today know as democracy surely did play a role in the atual development of democracy. They did not have a central authoritarian figure which would ruthlesly and without question rule over his people as was happening in other place, this was one important reason for why democracy could have been developed there in the first place.