How Were Spartans Different From Athens? Essay, Research Paper

This is a comparing on two city-states in Greece. In Greece Sparta and Athens were different in so many ways such as in religion, government, culture, beliefs, education etc.

Athens and Spartans were two major city-states in Greece These two city-states were very different from each other in many ways because they were seperated from each other by low rugged mountains and Athens was located in northeast of sparta and Sparta was located in the South Central region of Greece known as the Peloponnesus. The Athenians had a democracy and Athens was first ruled by one king but in 750 B.C. some Athen noble merchant and manufacturer took over, Spartans had a military aristocracy they was once ruled by one king but in 800 B.C., Aristorals or nobles took over the government and from that time Sparta had two kings. Athens government was a direct democracy. citizens had the right to make and vote on laws. Citizens served on jury. Sparta government was an oligarchy and one man ruled. Citizens had no right to make laws and there was no jury system.

Spartans military was very important to them because at seven boys were sent to military camps, and were treated very badly and men were expected to marry at 18, Athens men were expected to be citizens by 18 and from seven boys were taught mathematics, writng, and music.