The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War / Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
The mountainous topography of the Greek peninsula resulted in the isolation of these two city-states.
Athens developed a system that valued philosophy and active political involvement by its citizens in an early form of democracy. (Note that it wasn't full democracy as we'd think of it today, as those who had a political voice were free men, not women or slaves.)
Sparta developed a militaristic system that valued physical training and military service, as well as a strict loyalty to the state.
What they have in common is that both actions require consent of the senate. The senate has to vote with a majority for those things to come into effect.
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