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Why were Athens and Sparta city-state rivals? List 3 reasons

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1.The Spartans were jealous of the Athenians because the politician and general tasked with leading the Delian League

2.Athens grew into an empire. It rebuilt its city with fantastic art and architecture. Athens became Greece's cultural center. In response to this Sparta created its own league called the Peloponnesian League since it controlled the Peloponnesian peninsula.

3.While the Athenian city-state enjoyed a period of democracy, Sparta was a military culture

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