Many empires have similarities within their communities. None of the empires described in Chapter Three were exactly the same, however they all held similarly aspects. For instance, each city-state was under some type of ruling government. For example, Athens was a Greek city that had a foundation of government. There was a direct democracy policy and voting was only okay for adult, white males. Women had few rights; they were known mostly as house wives since they were uneducated and had no true opinions. On the flip side, Sparta had educated women with equality of powers. The girls were allowed to inherit land and hunt just the same as men were able to. In addition, Sparta produced very strong warriors, for their men were sent
