Athens and Sparta were known as the famous Greek city states. The two governed their city state differently in political system, social life, economy, education, religious view, and so on. Another main difference was the women's rights and power. Athenian women were horribly treated. They were highly kept and protected at home because the belief to Athenian men was that "women were highly sexual beings who could not control their sexual urges and therefore had to be restricted for their own benefit." On the other hand, Spartan women enjoyably live with their status, rights, power, and respect which the women of another Greece city states weren't lucky to be delight with those freedom. Spartans realized that "regardless of gender all Spartan people had an obligation to serve the militaristic end of Sparta."(Gaughan) This essay mostly focuses on how Athens and Sparta differently and similarly treated their women to the following questions:
How were Athenian and Spartan women educated?How did they get married?Could they women divorce their husband?What did they do when they become a mother?How did Athenians and Spartans judge their women?How sociable were Athenian and Spartan women?Did they have right to own property?How did they receive citizenship?What are the similarities between both of them?Athens was a powerful capital and the largest Greece city state. It was a heart of economic, political, financial and culture life in Greece. Athens represented freedom, art, and democracy. Athens was given its name from Athena goddess who is the goddess of wisdom and knowledge and won the competition with the sea god Poseidon. Furthermore, the government of Athens was limited democracy. And Athens economy mostly depended on trade.
Sparta was a well known city state in Greece, and located on the banks of the River Eurotas in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. When Sparta invaded Dorians, and brought both the local and non-Dorian population under control, it appeared as a political entity around the 10th century BC. Later on, it became a strong and dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. It considered itself as the Greece protector, providing expert armies to Greece whenever needed. The political system of Spartan government was a monarchy ruled by two kings. Moreover, economic in Sparta mainly focused on agriculture rather than trade.
The west is usa nato democracy and containment. The east is ussr capitalism Warsaw pact and communism
