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The Athens had an elected government (democracy), while the Spartans had a thing called Oligarchy (basically being ruled by a few). The Athens valued art and stuff while the Spartans valued the military.
As West African slaves came to new places in the Americans, so did their knowledge. They taught many Americans things they did in Africa, such as farming techniques, old tales and myths, and many more. As people exchanged knowledge the traditions started to grow. A significant crop in South Carolina is rice!
General Sherman adopted the policy of total war because he wanted to make the war a very bad experience for the Southerners, so that they will be quite unwilling to go to war in the future.
General Sherman was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union army during the American civil war.