The city-state of Athens had the geographic advantage. This is because Doc C states ,“The area of Athens was surrounded by the Aegean Sea”. Because of this Athens was able to stay away from most enemies because of the Aegean sea surrounding them so they could develop better trade routes and they could have time to make better governments. “Another piece of information is when Doc A states “ Greece is located right next to the Aegean Sea meaning it could use it for many trading routes.” Since Athens could have good trading routes they had an advantage and could get things that normally people in places like Sparta can get because they are so isolated from others. They got things like grain and pork from other places so they had the advantage
