Athens and Sparta Similarities and Differences By Mike Mizov         One of the greatest city states of all time was the city state of Athens from which we take many of our modern ways. Their government was a full democracy in which they had an assembly was all male citizens over 25 years old, they had the council of five hundred which was chosen by lot of people over 30 and they proposed laws to the assembly. Then …showed first 75 words of 580 total…

…showed last 75 words of 580 total…of the Dorians then there were neighbors which were people from other cities and nationalities living inside their cities who weren't as accepted as the citizens. Then thereare the Healots which were their slaves, compared to Athens their slaves were treated less then dirt. The smart and strong slaves were put to death because of the fear of revolt because slaves outnumbered citizens there. So you can see how culturally oppisate these two people are.