Is dependence is on the sea a characteristic of athens, sparta, or both?

I would say Athens was much more dependent on the sea.    Athens had a much greater dependence on the sea for their military capabilities than Sparta.  Athens relied on their navy for defense whereas Sparta relied on ground forces. Sparta was an agricultural society where Athens relied on trade.

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- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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