In Ancient Greece there are two major city-states which are Athens and Sparta. These two are very powerful in different ways. They were both each other rivalries. They had separate values, institutions, and actions on how things are ran on each side. However, there may be some differences but they're also some similarities as well. Most of the things that these two common city-states shared were the same they were just approached and handle differently for examples, their laws and regulations.
When comparing Athens and Sparta the biggest difference has to be their social classes, economics, and their politics. "By 700 B.C.E, Athens had established a unified polis on the peninsula of Attica"(p.100). Athens had possessed a lot of great land, and the archons had controlled the
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However, it was not always perfect for them. By the end of the seventh century B.C.E, Athens had face some harsh economic problems. Causing a lot of the farmers to have to become slaves just to pay loans and much more (p.100). While Sparta is the complete opposite. "Sparta is located on the southeastern side of Peloponnesus" (p.100). Sparta focuses a lot on their military. Sparta wants the military to be focused, strong, and powerful. Sparta itself means 'highly disciplined' (p.100). So of course, they would do anything in the power to get there self to that point. For example, at age seven male children were takin away from their families to be trained for battle. They were then added to force of military at age, and stayed in the military till age sixty (p.100). Since men had to join the military, women were more to stay at home moms but still had a great amount