It took over the southern Peloponnese peninsula and turned its inhabitants into serfs, who had to deliver half their produce to Sparta.
They traded with water resources around them on boats of ships
Brave and skillful warrior
Sparta needed many natural resources, but the biggest need was men. The Spartans were a warrior cult who killed the babies they deemed unfit to live. This shrunk their numbers making it difficult to maintain their army.
so it can control the neghbioring city state for there resources.
Sparta grew soldiers. Fighting was so important in Spartan society that they didn't have time for any other resources, the helots dealt with those.
The reason a country has a military is to have protection and to gain power. When Sparta existed power came from conquest of other places. Slaves, riches, and the resources of the country were taken by the conquest.
They had a large serf population which gave half their produce to Sparta. This provided the resources to support the Spartans and their families.
Greece has very little mineral resources, so that is one reason they were the traders of the ancient world and colonized other places.
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the power struggle between Athens and Sparta. Athens had emerged as a dominant naval power in the Aegean while Sparta was the leader of the Peloponnesian League. Tensions between the two city-states grew as they competed for influence and resources, eventually leading to the outbreak of the war.