city-states‚ Athens and Sparta‚ were as similar as they were different regarding political and social structures. While Sparta kept themselves isolated from their neighbors‚ Athens kept themselves in contact with everyone. Sparta and Athens were both polytheistic; Sparta’s patron saint was Ares and Athens’ was Athena. Ares was Sparta’s patron saint because Sparta was a militaristic oligarchy‚ meaning their government was run by a few people and revolved around warfare. Sparta’s government structure
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Greek city: Athen‚ and Sparta. The influenced emphasized on the similarities and differences in economic‚ political‚ and social democracy. The similarity between Athen and Sparta is that the democracy in both states was only for a minority group. The minority society in both states has the political influenced. The majority group has no say in government. No one of their public sectors was filled with women. All were men and have to be free men with both parents is Athenian for Athen and Spartan
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John Mulderig HIS_121_N*CTN*CTN2 Athens and Sparta: Opposites do not Attract Athens and Sparta‚ two civilizations of equal power‚ yet unequal mindsets: their societal views caused these two great empires to face a divide unlike any other in history. Sparta‚ with their cold iron and colder hearts left enemies in ruin. Athens was intelligent‚ yet militaristically inferior to Sparta. Allies during the 1000 years war‚ the two faced increasing animosity that eventually climaxed in ancient Greece
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Sparta and Athens are both ancient Greek civilizations. They are both known throughout the world as fierce warriors of the ancient world. Not only are they known as warriors‚ but they are known for their society. These civilizations fascinate many people with their many advances in political and social fields. Both have influenced culture today in many ways. However they do share similarities and differences. Although Athens and Sparta may seem similar in their social structures‚ they also share
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Sparta’s government is better than Athens government because sparta had better leadership and organization of government. Sparta had an oligarchy government. Sparta had a system of leadership. Sparta was a strong military state and Athens . Sparta has an oligarchy government. An oligarchy government means that only a small group of people are leading the group and making decisions. Athens has a democracy. Democracy means that the people rule the country. Democracies are bad because then everybody
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Athens and Sparta Athens and Sparta were two of the mightiest‚ most prominent‚ and famous city-states in Ancient Greece. Within these two city-states there were very many similarities and differences whether that is culturally‚ politically‚ or generally. The main similarities and differences between Athens and Sparta are in their military‚ the role of males and females in society‚ and their type of government. One of the biggest differences between Athens and Sparta was their military and their
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you probably just think humans. Humans with rights‚ freedom‚ and privileges. However‚ long ago in Athens and Sparta‚ women were looked upon in a very different way. When it came to education‚ marriage‚ and basic privileges‚ women were considered anything but humans with rights and freedom. The education of women in Sparta is very different compared to the education of women in Athens. In Sparta‚ reading and writing wasn’t very important‚ however they still learned it along with both arts and athletics
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Sparta and Athens Geography Athens: The Athenians were located near the sea in a region of Greece called Attica. Because the Athenians were so close to the sea they became traders trading with other civilizations around the Mediterranean region. Also this encouraged Athens to build a strong naval fleet. Due to their constant travel around the Mediterranean
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Sparta and Athens were both city states that were formed from Greek civilization. They both had a different way of leading their citizens and running their governments. This caused each city state to have a different set of values and to have a different way of living. Sparta highly valued it’s military and war. The Spartans organized a group of reforms‚ known as the Lycurgan reforms‚ that promoted their military state. Spartans lived their lives strictly organized and very controlled. Young boys
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along with the two most important states‚ Sparta and Athens. Sparta‚ which was a mixed government entity with a monarchy type of ruling‚ and Athens was the founding state of democracy. Although there were several hundred Polis‚ their histories are not as known as the two most powerful Greek states of Sparta and Athens.
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