Review the different Cultures of Athens and Sparta.
Greek society has open waters with very deep harbors. This accessibility meant that the people of that community would become traders naturally and explorers (Weber, 2013). They also had high mountains which led to the development of polis (city-state), whereby the growth of each polis was different from one another. Polis was the structure by which people used to organize themselves. Sparta and Athens are good examples.
Athenians were very thoughtful with great ideas and loved to study science, history, philosophy and many more (Fagan & Scarre, 2016). They emphasized much on art, architecture, and literature. They were also democratic whereby people shared power. They built thousands of temples and statues which showed their love and understanding of beauty.
Life in Sparta was very different from the experience in Athens. Kings and oligarchy ruled them. They were very violent and practiced slavery. Their goal was to train the citizens to become hard soldiers so that they were able to fight any potential enemy or slave revolts (Weber, 2013). This left them with little time for art and literature. A Spartan baby was to be hard and healthy. By the age of seven, boys were taken away from their families and underwent military training were they were expected to serve until they were thirty years (Fagan & Scarre, 2016). Women were also supposed to be loyal and dedicated to the state.
After the battle of Plataea which stopped the Persians from invading Greece. Sparta wanted to keep to itself and provide an army where possible where possible, while Athens wanted to control more of the land around them. The difference between the two cities eventually led to a war which was known as the phenomenal war (431-401 B .C. E) (Fagan & Scarre, 2016). Both the Sparta and Athens had allies that helped them during the war to fight each other. They fought on and off for many years. The war came with a lot of deaths