The Role Of Slavery In Ancient Greece

In ancient Greece boys went to school at age 6 while girls where tough by their mothers(. The richer boys had a slave escort them to school, the poor boys walked to school on their own. Slaves played an important role in ancient Greece. If someone became a trader they could move up in statues. Where someone was in statues depended on different things (Daily life in ancient Greece, women in ancient Greece, Robert). In Sparta the boys were taken at age 7 from their parents and put in barracks and not released till they were 30 (Women in Ancient Greece). The boys where kept short of food so they had to learn how to steal. The girls were taught how to dance and athletics, they were not taken from their homes. Making it so the women had more freedom then in other parts of ancient Greece and could own more land, in the 4th century more than two fifths of the land was owned by
If a slave was to bear a child that child would become a slave. Prisoners of war also where slaves. Sparta was known for the harsh treatment of slaves. In Athens a slave could buy his or her freedom. Most slaves had no or little rights. The slaves where used in mine shafts that where small and poorly vented thounds of slaves dies or where injured in mine accidents. (Slavery in Ancient Greece)Trade was also important to ancient Greece. People could move up in status from becoming a merchant. They used coins made from silver and copper. They traded olives and grades for silk. They also traded pottery, slaves, food, ideas, and metals where the main things they traded (McKenzie, Kevin, and Ryan). Athens had a 50% tax on olive oil to keep the amount of olives being traded to a minimum (McKenzie, Kevin, and Ryan). Greek traders were mainly foreigners because the foreigners could not own their own land. There were various things that decided where you were put in the rankings of ancient