Its land was mostly poor agriculturally so it had to import food.
It was near the sea, so this facilitated fishing and trade, and naval power.
The land being both poor and limited, required surplus populations to be progressively sent out to colonise other lands around the eastern Mediterranean.
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THIS IS SPARTA!!
the Spartans did nothave enough land and the Athens had beautiful things and the Spartans got jealous.
It was similar to today.
Athens
the feature is ahtnes is only 1 LAND
the Greeks were forced to move towards the ocean since the terrain was so rocky
Athens lost its empire and became a second rate power. Sparta lost too many of its limited military mapower and after a short period was displaced by Thebes as the leading Greek state.
Athens, situated in harsh mountains, led to the development of the city-state mode of government. Due to the relative isolation, each city state was self governing for the most part. Athens was the birthplace for democracy.
A walled city with a fortress in the middle (acropolis), with security walls linking it to its walled ports. Farmland stretches to the north and west. Mountains divide and surround Attica, the territory of Athens, and minor streams cross it.
Sparta had no walls, relying on it's warriors as its walls.
The European capital that is farthest south is Valletta, the capital of Malta.