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Europe had them in the middle ages too: Italy's seafaring republics (Venice, Genoa, Amalfi, Pisa et al) where (nominal) democracies, practically owned the Mediterranean sea and lasted a thousand years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_republics



The Norse also had many democratic customs.


Evidenced in the Icelandic sagas, c.f. https://www.sagadb.org/




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