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The Greek city states of Athens and Sparta were both considered to be very powerful, but the structures of both of these civilizations were very different. Both of these city states developed under different sets of rules and standards. Sparta grew as a mili ....

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.... and constitutional changes in which all free Athenian men were made magistrates. The jobs of the magistrates were to keep records for the Assembly and account for anything they had done. Solon started a council called the Boule which was set up in order to prepare business for the Assembly. Solon introduced ideas of democracy to Athens, but did not please all the people of Athens. After Solon, Cleisthenes built on the already present ideas helped to modernize the political system until it became renowned for it’s political system. Sparta grew not by obtaining a strong political system, but by building and maintaining a military ....