sparta and athens

Although Athens and Sparta were very different in many respects they were also similar in many ways. Athenian and Spartan societies both relied on slaves for manual labor in the fields and in the construction of temples, both societies believed that in order to develop themselves fully they could not be bothered by such things, Athenians believed that time taken away from the study of philosophy and mathematics was detrimental to the development of ones …

…best ways to deal with overpopulation were to obtain more land for its citizens and to keep foreigners out. Sparta then developed a very powerful military by ensuring that all male citizens were trained and able to fight. Sparta became a very decadent society, they did not have trade outside of Sparta and they! did not allow any outside influences in-order to prevent any uprising or protest about the ways of their society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**