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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The Icelandic Althing: The World's Oldest Parliament
Description: Long before modern democracies, before constitutions or elections as we know them, a society of Viking settlers gathered in a windswept valley to create laws, settle disputes, and govern themselves without a monarch.Â
Against the odds, this institution endured for over a thousand years, in various forms, shaping a nation and influencing ideas about law and representation.
It wasn’t just one of the first parliaments ever created; it helped define what governance could look like.Â
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