Archaeologists in Turkey are just beginning to excavate an ancient site, successively occupied by various cultures, where a form of government that influenced some of the U.S. founding fathers was once headquartered. Where, exactly, is this so-called "cradle of democracy" and what was the government in question called?

peasypod

Yes, this Lycian League seems very interesting. http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/19/news/turkey.php Sep 20 05, 5:58 PM

peasypod

And here is another, which goes into depth about the dig itself. http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/headlines.html Sep 20 05, 5:59 PM

lanfranco

Yay, peasy! Just the right article. I've been interested in the Lycian League ever since I had to do a grad school project on a Lycian tomb, but I didn't know that Alexander Hamilton and James Madison had also paid attention to this apparent early form of parliamentary democracy. Sep 20 05, 6:21 PM

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