Response Paper 1 POLI 244 Why did Russia invade Georgia? In August 2008‚ Russia and Georgia went to a brief war over the control
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higher callings such as art‚ philosophy‚ exercise and in particular politics. Athens was the cultural center of the world at that time‚ and even the lowest Thete might avail themselves of the plays‚ music‚ and pageantry which was an integral part of Athenian life. Women Sparta like most classical Greek cultures was male dominated and sexist. Spartan women were considered inferior to their male counterparts. Sexual attraction although natural‚ was considered lesser when compared to male bonding.
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slave population 3 times the size of them‚ but with Sparta having that big of a slave population‚ it caused them to need to give women more rights so they could help out around the town. But women in Sparta were way more influential and useful than Athenian women. Women all throughout history have been the lesser of the two sexes. Sparta was known as a high military power having all men from 7 years old to 65 years old in the military. After the city-state of Messenia got overruled by the Spartans‚
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HIS1001 The ancient Athenians had used an oligarchic constitution; it was not a good era to be stricken with poverty. The aristocrats dominated the peasants‚ so much so that the peasants were dependent on them. The poor worked the fields of the rich for a portion of the harvest‚ and if the rent was not met‚ their wives and children were seized in order to pay it off. Officials were chosen based on their birthright‚ at first for life‚ then for a decade. The officials consisted of the basileus‚
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They were also encouraged to develop their intellect. Since the men of Sparta were rarely ever home and spent most of their time in the military barracks; the women were free to be in charge of almost everything that did not involve the army. Unlike Athenian women‚ Sparta women wore short dresses and could leave the house whenever they wanted to. All in all‚ Spartan women had more freedom and rights and lived an all around better life then the women from
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Democracy: From Early Athenian To Present Day Politics. When following current events we can’t help but witness politicians use terms such as "defending freedom"‚ "liberty"‚ or "democracy"‚ but one is simply left wondering if the general public‚ or even the politicians themselves‚ know what those terms really mean or where they come from. The reality is that most don’t. The ideals of living in a democracy have been drastically changed from their original meanings and diluted into persuasive political
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shows us that women had much more liberty in Sparta than in Athens. In fact‚ the democracy of Athens was available only to free men who were citizens of Athens. Moreover‚ to claim citizenship‚ an Athenian had to prove that both his parents were "astoi." For the father‚ being "astos" meant that he was an Athenian citizen‚ but the mother could not be a citizen. Women were never citizens‚ but only able to transmit the rights of citizenship to their sons (Perry‚ et al‚ 1992‚ pp.60-61). The political structure
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Athenian Women‚ More than Just Wall Flowers Introduction Ancient Athens can be best described as a patriarchy‚ where women and children were under the authority and guardianship of a male (Blundell 66). A dichotomy exists between ancient sources surrounding the life led by Athenian women. On one side there is Xenophon‚ who portrayed Athenian women to be limited to a domestic role where household duties such as cleaning‚ cooking‚ and supervising slaves were primary activities of Athenian
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Paper 2(First draft) Seminar Julian Zon October/20/2012 Dionysus’s Effect on Women in Bacchae in the ancient Athenian society The position of women during the time of ancient Greek and ancient Rome‚ had been considered‚ mentally and physically weaker than most of the men‚ the duty for women was pretty different from their husbands. In the play of Bacchae‚ the impression of women had been totally changed by Euripides‚ "No sharp weapons‚ but you’d have seen one woman tear apart a young cow with
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My fellow strong‚ and courageous Athenians‚ I have come to you all in the assembly to propose a solution that would help our city-state. I propose the following to the assembly. I believe that women should be able to be considered citizens‚ to attend an assembly‚ and have the same rights you all have. Before you all start to whisper among yourselves and go against my statement‚ just think about what it would mean if the women were considered citizens in our city-state. We would be so much powerful
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