It took over the southern Peloponnese peninsula and turned its inhabitants into serfs, who had to deliver half their produce to Sparta.
Brave and skillful warrior
They traded with water resources around them on boats of ships
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.
This is Sparta! = Dies ist Sparta!
sparta, sparta and SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greece has very little mineral resources, so that is one reason they were the traders of the ancient world and colonized other places.
Sparta, this is most definitly Sparta!
Athens has more geographic advantages than Sparta. Its location near the sea allowed for easy access to trade routes and resources, while its natural defense provided protection against invaders. Sparta, on the other hand, was located inland and surrounded by mountains, making it less advantageous geographically.