Athens had a limited democracy.
Sparta was a good example of limited democracy, Athens of radical democracy.
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Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.
Sparta because they did not have as much freedom as Athens.
Athens.
Athens had a government based on a democracy Sparta had a military based government
they had different forms of government, Sparta had oligarchy while Athens had democracy. in Athens, you became a man when you turned 18, in Sparta you had to be 30. for money Athens had drachmas and Sparta had obols.
Anthens : Direct Democracy Sparta: Oligarchy CHICKEN.
Two differences between Athens and Sparta are their forms of government (Athens had a democracy while Sparta had an oligarchy) and their focus on military training (Sparta emphasized military training from a young age while Athens did not). Two similarities are their use of slaves for labor and their belief in the importance of physical fitness.
In Sparta you had to join the army or navy when you were 7 years old! But in Athens you had to go when you were 16. Another difference is that if you where a girl in Sparta you had rights. But in Athens you barley have any rights.
it was a democracy. Greece was the first civilization to ever try democracy, and it obviously stuck. Although Sparta was an oligarchy, Athens ended up a 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.