Sparta's survival and prosperity depended on the power of its army of citizens. The voice of the citizens had to be taken if the kings and leaders wanted to maintain their support. A similar thing happened in Rome where the masses simply left the city to its own devices until their voice was heard in assembly.
yes Sparta did have a military oligarchy.
Athens, even though by evidence it seems like an oligarchy it is known as the first democracy.
Athens was a democracy and had more liberal (for that time) thinking and had good navy. Sparta was a oligarchy was more conservative and militaristic and had great army. In the war between them (Peloponnesian war), Sparta won.
The assembly of the people for most of the time, and for shorter periods a broadly-based oligarchy eg 'the 5,000'.
Sparta didnt have a patron god, a god protector of the city (like Athens had Athena). They worship all 12 gods but they felt closer to Zeus as they consider them descendants of Hercules, son of Zeus.
yes Sparta did have a military oligarchy.
yes Sparta did have a military oligarchy.
Sparta became an oligarchy in 500bce
Sparta is a city state, all of it was an oligarchy.
Sparta was an oligarchy.
no that was Athens, Sparta was a monarchy.
Sparta.
Since the government of Sparta was an oligarchy it was ruled by few.
Sparta
Sparta was oligarchy
Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.
oligarchy