Sparta Vs Athens Research Paper

Ancient Sparta and Athens, while both being located in Greece, shared very different views. Whether it was government, or the way they lived, nearly everything was conflicting between these two cities. In this essay, I, will explain my reasons for wanting to live in Sparta rather than Athens.
The first reason is very simple. Spartan women were given more freedom and in many ways, had even more power than the men. The men of Sparta spent much of their time fighting or practicing military techniques. This left the city to be run by the women and their slaves. Here, the women could own their own property, slaves and handle the money. Money in Sparta was not allowed to be given to men, including the kings. This was because they felt that money would make them weak and cowardly. Instead the women controlled the money and much of the city without the intervention of men. This counters the freedoms that women in Athens had. Athenian women had to do chores such as cooking, cleaning and raising babies. They were also not given an education and had no freedoms but the family.
Athens had a democratic government that was run by the assembly. The assembly met each day and voted on the laws. This made things very confusing. All men had a vote, but because the laws changed every day, it could be confusing to know what you could or could not do. One day the assembly could vote to kill anyone with blue eyes. The next day this law could be changed though and say that anyone with green eyes should be killed. Sparta had two kings of equal power. If one king was killed, Sparta would still have the 2nd king. These two kings decided on the laws and actions. However, if one of the kings disagreed with the law that the other king made, the law wouldn’t be