While the Spartans were content to give military aid to Greece, Athens wanted more lands from Greece which eventually led to war among all the Greeks and which Sparta ultimately won. They let the Athens keep their traditions and culture a long as they no longer wanted to rule their fellow Greeks.

Athens was a member of the Delian League and its military strength was in its navy. The city was known for its luxury and development of the arts, including architecture, drama, literature, philosophy and science. On the other hand, Sparta was a military powerhouse known for its highly skilled army.

The main difference between Athens and Sparta is their government, economy, and society. Athenian society, which was based on trade, valued art and culture and was ruled under a form of democracy. Spartan society, on the other hand, was a militant society whose economy was based on farming and conquering.

What effect did the conflict between Athens and Sparta have on ancient Greek civilization? It caused further fractures among the Greek city-states. What conclusion regarding Greek city-states does the satellite image support? Mountains and seas encouraged them to develop independently.

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The sea coast encouraged the Greeks to become skilled sailors and traders. Proximity to the sea was a unifying influence that led the Greeks to form a large trade-based empire. The sea coast cut off communication and trade, isolating the Greek city-states from other cultures.

As the Greeks became skilled sailors, sea travel connected Greece with other societies. Sea travel and trade were also important because Greece lacked natural resources, such as timber, precious metals, and usable farmland. This significantly influenced Greek political life.

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Athens was the largest and most influential of the Greek city-states. It had many fine buildings and was named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warfare. The Athenians invented democracy, a new type of government where every citizen could vote on important issues, such as whether or not to declare war.

While Spartans valued military strength, Athenians placed a higher value on education and culture. Their main goal was building a democracy. Athenians believed that the only way to build a strong democracy was to create well informed citizens. Boys were educated.

The people of Athens believed that no one group of people should make the laws and so citizens could choose the government officials, and vote for or against new laws. The people of Athens chose their ruler.

Hellenic polytheists worship the ancient Greek Gods, or the Hellenic pantheon, including the Olympians, nature divinities, underworld deities (chthonic gods) and heroes.

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Athenians thought of themselves as the best city-state in all of ancient Greece. Whereas Athens was famous for their arts and sciences, Sparta was famous for their military strength. The ancient Greeks believed that each city-state had one or two gods keeping a special eye on that city-state.

Spartans had to prove their fitness even as infants. The ancient historian Plutarch claimed these “ill-born” Spartan babies were tossed into a chasm at the foot of Mount Taygetus, but most historians now dismiss this as a myth. To test their constitutions, Spartan infants were often bathed in wine instead of water.

Sparta entered its long-term decline after a severe military defeat to Epaminondas of Thebes at the Battle of Leuctra. This was the first time that a full strength Spartan army lost a land battle.

Athens did not crumble as expected, winning a string of naval victories against Sparta, which sought monetary and weapons support from the Persian Empire. By in 405 B.C. Lysander decimated the Athenian fleet in battle and then held Athens under siege, forcing it to surrender to Sparta in 404 B.C.

According to tradition, the two lines, the Agiads and Eurypontids, were respectively descended from the twins Eurysthenes and Procles, the descendants of Heracles who supposedly conquered Sparta two generations after the Trojan War.

Yes, but a pair is pretty low ranking. You’d be better with three-of-a-kind, ideally three of something else is quite good with your two kings. But even two kings won’t beat four-of-a kind, even four twos. Of course your best bet is a Royal Flush and that can only ever have one king.

A game of chess is drawn if neither player has enough pieces left to force CHECKMATE. If you reach a position with just two Kings left on the board you can stop play – it’s a DRAW.

No, bigamy is not permitted. Kings and Queens are expected, however, to take lovers and mistresses. It’s considered a healthy outlet for a King.

A coregency or co-principality is the situation where a monarchical position (such as prince, princess, king, queen, emperor or empress), normally held by only a single person, is held by two or more.