Why is athens considered the birthplace of modern democracy

Explanation:

Because the old greeks created the "athenian democracy" around the sixth century BC. It is a simplified version of our modern democracy. It simply says that the people of athens have the right to vote in a plebiscite. The people will decide if a choice of a politician is right or not, or if a law should be enabled.

countries such as spain, france and portugal colonized the region. although most of latin america was colonized by spain, the countries of portugal and france also had major influences on the region. due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.