Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Athens are like apples and oranges; the same but different. Both are fruit grown on trees in the case of the apples and oranges, and both are city-states in Greece in the case of Athens and Sparta. Apples and oranges have distinctly different tastes, textures and flavors. Athens and Sparta had markedly different types of origins, social class, government and military history. In this paper both similarities and differences between Athens and Sparta will be explored, so as to learn the real truth about these two ancient city-state giants.The origins of these two city-states have some similarities and some differences. What started as two uninhabited small parcels of land ended up as Athens and Sparta. Around 3000 B.C. the Mycenaeans inhabited Athens. Mycenaean rule lasted for 2900 years. From 1100 B.C. to 950 B.C., the Dorians invaded Athens along with other Mycenaean city-states. Mycenaean rule and civilization were destroyed. Athens survived the Dorian invasions and developed into an advanced city-state. The city-state Sparta was formed as a result of the Dorian invasions. In 900 B.C., fifty years after Athens was invaded, the Dorians invaded Laconia in southeastern Greece, destr
The aristocracy, in a meeting called the Ecclesia elected three Archons. During the Persian war Athens played a great role in the defeat of Persia by strengthening its navy so as to defeat the Persian navy. Land was divided equally among adult men, who in turn served as infantry. After years of fighting, the revolt was put down; the helots were defeated. Today apples and oranges come in many new and different varieties. The Peloponnesian War was a long and tumultuous war between Sparta and Athens. "Twenty-one years after Draco's rule ended in 594 B. The victory over Athens was Sparta's last major victory. "Sparta's constitution called for town meetings which gave male non-aristocratic citizens thirty-five years of age and older the opportunity to veto legislation proposed by the male elders of the aristocracy. oying almost all of the small villages. Greece has evolved from a country that was split into two separate parts to a unified country in which no one is fighting over the others land.
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