Compare And Contrast Sparta And Athens

Athens and Sparta are the two famous city-states in Ancient Greece. The Athens was more superior then Sparta. The Athenians were stronger because they had a better geography, government, cultural achievements, and I would rather live in the Athens.

The early development of Greek society was influenced by many societies such as the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Minoans. For instance, the earliest Greek writing style which was called Linear B was influenced by the Minoan writing style called Linear A. Furthermore, the Greeks not only adopted the Minoans’ writing style but they also used the ship-building and agricultural techniques used by the Egyptians and the Phoenicians. Despite their similarities, the Greeks had their characteristics that distinguished them from the rest. The Greeks were never unified but they did create one of the world’s most remarkable cultural eras.

“Where the differed was that while the Spartans had militaristic values, Athenians were democratic,”states Mr.Duckworth in “Athens and sparta”.

Exportation of olive oil and pottery was a business for the economy in exchange for grain that supply the large Athenian population. Athen’s had mostly private slaves, the smarter

In a way Spartans and the Athenians obtained the right to participate in public life and make decisions affecting the community through the same means. The Athenians needed to be Free, native-born, men (Brand, p. 29) and the Spartans needed to be men in military service (Brand, p. 9). However, to be eligible for military service you needed to be a free, native born, male of Sparta. In Sparta, the Military service was until age 60.

Even though the Athenians and Spartans have similarities such as sharing the same language, religion, and both living in Ancient Greece they have several differences. For example, Sparta focused on military training, whereas Athens focus was on education, and the roles for men and women such as their responsibilities and daily life. For Spartans their military was one of their main priorities. It’s focus was on their army and loyalty to their state.

During the 800s and 700s the Greeks formed a number of independent city-states. The city-states were usually developed around a fort. Overtime, the city-states came to represent the center of Greek identity and its citizens were intensely loyal to it. Eventually there was over 1,000 poleis in the Greek world. Although, there were some economic and political differences between the city-states, they were alike in many ways.

Sparta is going to last longer than the Athens because Sparta has a better army. The reasons I say this is because they were trained young, everyone was able to get into the army, strict laws.

For one, the boys in sparta didn’t have much education. They started . military training at the young age of 7 and trained until the age of 18, when they joined the military. Sparta was mostly a land-base army and focused on building their army up and keeping them strong. In comparison, Athenians was a water-base army and fought on the water mostly.

Athens and Sparta were the two largest Greek city-states of the Ancient world. They were the biggest of rivals, two towering cities at their peak, the most influential cultural, military, and trade powers of western civilization in the first millennium B.C. They are sharply contrasting yet strikingly similar, setting the stage for the Peloponnesian War. Their differences were the effect of geographical isolation but they began with the same base of ideas on which to build. The Peloponnesian War was between the two over Sparta 's fear of Athens ' growth of power, and especially the Megarian Decree, an Athenian economic sanction against the Spartan ally Megara. This sanction against the state would prove disastrous for

Unlike Spartans, Athenians had an opportunity to go and learn. As Mr. Duckworth states,” As an Athenian, one could get a good education and could pursue several kinds of arts and sciences”. Which means that the Athenians cared about their education more than Spartans because Sparta only concentrated on military strength.

Within the walls of ancient Athens stood a revolutionary concept: Democracy. Rule of the people by the people.Head south into the peloponnese and one would find Sparta, a city forged in war, where their only walls were their soldiers shields, ruled by dual kings. From these cities rose powerful alliances forever at odds with each other. Leading the Delian League was Athens, with hopes of expanding her empire and its wealth. Against them stood the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, with hopes to dismantle Athens empire and take control of Greece. Although the two city-states of Athens and Sparta shared a similar form alliance-based expansion, they polarized each other's political systems, and deriving from the cities political values came

In “Athens And Sparta” Mr.Duckworth states,”Where they differed was that while the Spartans had militaristic values, Athens were democratic.” Some people believe Sparta would have been a better place to live. Others believe Athens would have been better. Athens would have been a better place to live because Athens had a stronger navy, Athens had more opportunities, and Athens had a heavy amount of precipitation. First, Athens had a strong navy.

Sparta and Athens “Rise up, warriors, take your stand at one another's sides, our feet set wide and rooted like oaks in the ground” “Spartans saying” Sparta was called Lacedaemon in ancient Greece located in the present day region of southern Greece which is called Laconia. There were three main groups within the Sparta population. The first group which is called the Sparta or the Spartiates who are the full citizens, next, we have the Helotes or the serfs/slaves. The last group is called the Perioeci which means “dwellers-around”. The Periocei worked as the craftsmen, traders and built weapons for the Sparta’s

The ancient civilization of Greece contained many different city-states; two of these city-states were Sparta and Athens. Sparta and Athens were different in their values, politics, and societies. Sparta was focused on their military, discipline, and to have a strong state. Athens was a democratic state that was peaceful and where women were open to culture and democracy. How do these two city-states differ?