Question

Which groups of people significantly affected Athenian and Spartan societies and governance, even though they initially had little power

Answer 1

The group of people who affects Athenian and Spartan societies and governance are Helots

What are Athenian, Spartan and Helots?

2500 years ago, two very different city-states dominated Greece. Athens was knowns as an open society while Sparta was a closed one. Athens was democratic, and Sparta was ruled by a some selected few. There were many differences. In 431 BCE a war has been fought between Athens and Sparta known as Peloponnesian War. The reason was Sparta was located on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. If you will explore  a map of Greece, you will find that the southern part of Greece is attached by a small strip of land. This southern part is called the Peloponnesian Peninsula.

The helots were a group of people  that constituted a majority of the population of Laconia and Messenia – the territories affecting Sparta.

From Above we conclude that helots dominated in the Athenian and spartan Societies.

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