Sparta was an agricultural economy. The citizens lived a life of simplicity and military activity, so their main needs were met by the produce their serf population rendered to them. Their other needs were mainly met by the tradesmen and artisans in their own territory.
YES there were many merchants
No. Because the Sparta
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No it is false Sparta didn't have many merchants because, they focused so much on military training. They couldn't catch up with the trading of the other city-states and countries.
Sparta was a rural society. The city was more like a collection of villages. It lived frugally on its produce rather than on trade.
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Neither. Metics (resident aliens) were merchants/traders/tradesmen/academics. Sparta had serfs as a working class. Athens had its own people as a working class.
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in many ways!!
they werent that many soldiers
The Space Merchants has 179 pages.
Merchants of Doubt has 355 pages.