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The Origins of the Remote Viking Democracy
Thingvellir National Park, Iceland
Thingvelir, Origins Democracy Iceland, Oxará
Thingvellir National Park, Iceland

The Origins of the Remote Viking Democracy
The foundations of popular government that come to mind are the Hellenic ones. But what is believed to have been the world's first parliament was inaugurated in the middle of the XNUMXth century, in Iceland's icy interior.