It's a false legend promoted by today's democratic governments.
In fact democracy in Ancient Greece wasn't how we know it today:
-It was only limited at the city of Athen
-Only adult rich men born in Athen with both the parents citizens of Athen could vote, in fact that was a minority
Most important
-People absolutely didn't like democracy, not who couldn't vote, they didn't care, but philosophers like Plato.
If you want I'll link sources in the comments, now I'm not at home.
The answer is "Christianity".
I am 100% sure.
Answer:
It was Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. It became a sanctuary for Huguenots, the French Calvinists, who suffered persecution in France, and also for Jews who had flown from Spain and Portugal where their options were to convert or to be burned. There they could settle and worship. Jews invested in the local stock market and opened synagogues in Amsterdam.
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