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Date Submitted: 07/06/2014 09:30 PM
Nadia Higuera
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Mrs. Albert
Sparta vs. Athens
Sparta is known in Greek as Sparti . The city lies at the Southern end of the central Laconian Plain on the right bank of the Eurotas River. The population in Sparta is 18,184. The region they live on is Laconian. In Sparta their climate is fairly temperate but very dry. Their economy in the old days they were very dependent on agriculture but now days they are very dependent on agriculture and trade. Their culture in the old days was very laid back and now days they are laid back and isolated. They have a mandatory military service. The Government out there is called Oligarchic. Sparta was founded by Descendants or Dorian invaders of the dark-age.
Athens is the largest city and the capital of Greece. The population of Athens is way more popular then Sparta, its population is 3,761,811. The region they live on is Attica. Their climate is Mediterranean. Their economy in the old days they were very dependent on agriculture and tourism. Now days they are dependent on trade and agriculture such like Sparta. Their culture is cosmopolitan now days but in the old days their culture was forward looking. The Athens were founded by Lonian Descent. Their military was not as military based, as military service was optional.
Sparta and Athens are the same by their time zone. The time zone in Sparta and Athens is the same it is EET/EEST (UTC+2/3). Sparta and Athens both of their countries are Greece. They are both polis, city, states of Ancient Greece. Both cultures believed in the same gods and both had slaves. Sparta and Athens both attended at Ancient Olympic. They both had colonies and both fought in the Persain War, they also had allies throughout Greece.