:His head stone reads "I know no north,no south, no east, no west"
Democracy dates back to have started to develop in the days of Ancient Greece in the city state of Athens.
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was passed in July of 1787.
It's around 483 years
The Roman Republic was established in 509 - 511 BC and overthrown in 27 BC when it was replaced with roman empire.
The roman republic had to undergo drastic change from government controlled by representative to the government that controlled by emperor with centralized power
Yes he did start the reformation on his own