Development of Athens and Sparta
... These societies, Sparta and Athens, were both part of Greece, and they started to grow drastically, both politically and socially, in different directions. Sparta became a militaristic society with an oligarchy government; where as, Athens became an intellectual society with a democratic government. ... Because of overpopulation and land hunger, Sparta fought and defeated another Greek polis to eliminate these problems. The war brought another problem to the polis of Sparta. ... It made all citizens of Sparta legally equal and turned the government into an oligarchy. ... The idea of an individual was nonexistent in Sparta. The people of Sparta were first loyal to the polis itself. ... The loyalty and dedication of these people to Sparta ended all hope of individualism in the polis of Sparta.