Which is the earliest instance of democracy known to the world?
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Ancient Greece--specifically Athens
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The first known use of numbers dates back to around 30000 BC when tally marks were used by stone age peoples. The earliest known example is from a cave in Southern Africa.This system had no concept of base, which limited its representation of large numbers. The first known system with a base was the Mesopotamian base 60 system (ca. 3400 BC) and the earliest known base 10 system dates to 3100 BC in Egypt.
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The following countries claim to have the longest continuous democracies:\n * The first democracy was  founded by the Ancient Greeks in 508BC, but was dissolved following Roman and later Turkish invasions. \n* Iceland since 930 has the oldest democratic assembly dissolved in 1430 so 500 years of continuous democracy. \n* The Iriquois Nation claims 800 years as the oldest participatory democracy. \n* England has had a parliament since 1265 though the monarch (unelected) has the right to block laws.\n* Switzerland at the town level since 13th Century but as a nation since 1648. But only gave the right to vote to women in 1971.\n* New Zealand if you include all citizens regardless of race, sex or creed since 1893 \n* USA  \n   > New Jersey for landowners since 1776\n   > For both men and women since 1920 \n   > For all citizens regardless of race, sex or creed since the 1960s following the civil rights movements.
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Ptolemy, Aristotles, Thales, Pythogoras and various others had at different times claimed that the earth was round for a varied number of reasons.\nArchimedes was the first one to physically prove that the Earth is round.
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the earliest known form of life is cyanobacteria which grew in bluish green pod like colonies approximately 3.4 billion years ago.
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the first country to be discovered was west indies. hemant it's aditya.
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Actually i believe it is Ancient Greece is given the title of the foundation of modern democracy; Ancient Rome, if you are referring to Caesar (was a king)Kings are not elected they assume power usually in succession through bloodline or by hostile take over.
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It was among the earliest state constitutions.  Actually, it was written before the Constitution of the United States (1787).
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that its the biggest democracy in the world. It was the only country through out history that did not persacute its Jewish minorety, and that speaks allot to the west.
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Some people might argue that true democracy is taking root in many places world wide, while others say that it is merely on the surface, and our current "democracies" are really just oligarchies masquerading as republican forms of government.  I do believe, however, that true democracy exists - otherwise, for example, how could a terrorist group like Hamas become the elected majority in the Palestinian government?  Only the wishes of the radicalized Palestinians could have made that happen, and I haven't heard any charges of corruption in regards to that particular election.  Look at Ukraine in 2004, the so-called "Orange Revolution" where the dictatorial government there was ousted after a successfully contested election.  Democracy can prevail.
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India has been one of the earliest issuers of coins in the world (circa 6th Century BC). The first "rupee" is believed to be introduced by Sher Shah Suri (1486-1545).
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There's a good idea behind your question, but you've phrased it in such a way that it's very difficult to understand what you're after. \n\nDo you mean, Did the French and US ideas of democracy replace those of other democracies of the 18th century?\n\nThe short answer to that is that there weren't any democracies extant at the time of the drafting of the US constitution. \n\nOr, do you mean, Have other nascent forms of democracy in the last 200 years been challenged and eclipsed by the strength of principles set forth in the US & French constitutions?\n\nIf so, this is probably impossible to answer, since it's hard to imagine a modern democratic system that doesn't derive to some extent from the US and French systems.\n\nThe ancient Greeks invented democracy, but were absorbed into the Roman empire and it disappeared. \n\nHowever, the French and US systems did not erupt in a vacuum. The Swiss are an important example, and democratic values and processes had, at various times, eroded the absolute rule of monarchs.
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http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/greenwaldgreece1\n\n0http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/greekfeatures/a/democracyriseof.htm.html
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The concept of Democracy was started by the Greeks.
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SHOULD BE OPEN TO PUBLIC. WORLD BIGGEST DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE OPEN TO ALL PEOPLE AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO THE NATION.
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On October 1, 1949, Mao declared the formation of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square\n\nA decade ago, massive pro-democracy protests were staged at Tiananmen, the world's largest square. The square had been scheduled to open ahead of the sensitive anniversary of the June 4, 1989 government crackdown, when Chinese army tanks and armored vehicles crush the protests, killing hundreds.
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To control the world thru "democracy"