Athens and Sparta in the ancient Greece world are both revered by many modern civilizations as being foundry influences on modern democracy. The two city states‚ however‚ were polar opposites in how they viewed democracy and ran their government. Sparta was known for its military prowess and power‚ while Athens has always been famed for its progress in the arts and sciences. While both being developmentally different and butting heads sometimes‚ they both were integral voices on how similar democratic
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Greece 431 B.C.E.‚ the two major cities states at this time are Athens and Sparta. Tensions among these two city states have always been extremely high. Sparta has an exceptional military and Athens has an extraordinary navy. Both of these city states have been competing for control of Greece for many years. Thucydides is the best source of knowledge we have about the Peloponnesian war. He was a general for the Athenians‚ and he documented everything that happened during the war. It is a miracle
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f I had a choice to live in Athens or Sparta‚ I would rather live in Athens than Sparta. I know that many people may ask why would you want to leave there where women had no rights. One of the reasons why I would rather live in Athens than Sparta is because I have two sons who are four years old and I would not want them to be taken away from me when they are seven years old. According to Andrews (2013)‚ at the age of seven‚ Spartan boys were removed from the homes of their parents and were placed
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I believe that Athens and Sparta had two totally different aspects on both political and social rules and situations. One reason that the political situation is different is because Athens choose their leader while Sparta´s leader was born into being their leader. I think that gave Athens more freedom kind of because they got to choose who was their leader and got to see who told them what to do while Sparta´s leader was born into it and no one could help it. But in Sparta they got to choose
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Notes of Comparing and Contrasting Athens and Sparta: By Jasper 7-3 The Greeks: Cleisthenes: Nobleman‚ Born in 570 B.C. Life expectancy was 15 years old. Other Greeks feared Spartans。The mythical stories of heroes influenced Cleisthenes. The 2 main stories were by Homer‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. There was a big change in the mid 6 BC century. A person and a tall girl went to Athens and said the tall girl was Athena and she said he has to be king. After few days‚ people didn’t like his ruling
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Athens and Sparta were two Greek poleis that coexisted between 750-c. 500 B.C.E. (Duiker 119). Even though these two city-states were similar in a few ways‚ they were different in many more ways‚ so they didn’t particularly get along very well. Almost every aspect of their lives was different‚ from their government systems‚ to their views on men and women‚ and finally to their lasting effects on Greek history and culture. Despite their differences‚ they both influenced Greece and the Mediterranean
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Spartan did it” Athens and Sparta though close in proximity were two governed and operated completely different. Throughout history in ancient Greece it seems to that you cannot have a conversation of fully understand one without the other. Athens was founded in 3000 BC and Sparta which is a much younger city-state was founded in the 900’s BC and both Athens and Sparta were principal enemies of one another. Though an Athenian and of aristocratic background Plato was fascinated by Sparta and viewed it
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I would like to live in Athens rather than Sparta. This is my choice. I would like to suggest this to you. It is interesting and I think you will agree too. There are several reasons why I think Athens is better place to live than Sparta. First‚ Athens is a democratic city. I think it is very important to let us have a chance to vote or to choose things that we want‚ or I think the city will be very cruel and scary. However‚ Sparta is one of the city-states that have communist government. It is seem
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sayings. Each polis was unique and vibrant and each had a different flavor of greek culture. Each having an army‚ assembly‚ patron deity and identity and a feeling of local identity almost city before country. Contrast is often a good way to compare two things of similar nature but with different feature. Comparing the benefits and drawbacks of two polis‚ both of which powerful and impactful throughout their history is Athens and Sparta. In Athens there was political participation as there was an open
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The Growth of Athens and Sparta What is a city-state? * A political system consisting of an independent city with sovereignity (the ultimate authority in the decision-making) over a fixed surrounding area for which it served as leader of religious‚ political‚ economic‚ and cultural life. * They had developed when earlier tribal systems broke down and splintered groups established themselves as independent nuclei c. 1000–800 B.C. Factors leading to the rise of Greek city-states * The
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