Athens and Sparta

Athens and Sparta were the two major city-states in Greece in the time of the Pericles, about 475-430 B.C. Physically, religiously, economically, politically, and socially the two cities are comparable and contrastable.
Athens was a city located near the coast of the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. They were in good position to trade with all of the cities around the Mediterranean Sea. Sparta was landlocked and between mountains. It was harder for them to trade with other cities. Both are located on the Mediterranean Sea and therefore had a mild climate. The seas brought moist warm air over the land.
Athens and Sparta both had close to the same religion. All of Greece at this time period worshiped gods and goddesses such as Athena, Zeus, Hades, and Hera. They also thought that these gods had control over everything that occurred in their lives. They concluded that gods and goddesses could take people and place them in other environments. In Greece, cities would cho...