1-3 Part 1 Q 2. Athens/Sparta: ALERT: This question is not comparing Athens and Sparta First‚ Identify and analyze 5 components of Athens that gave it strength. Then 5 components that weakened it. Second‚ Identify and analyze 5 components of Sparta that gave it strength. Then 5 components that weakened it. (You probably will want to include consideration of the following aspects - political‚ social‚ economic‚ and cultural aspects). Third‚ 1 thing" you admired about Athens? 1 "thing" you disliked
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There were three social classes in Sparta and four in Athens. Spartan classes were the Spartiates‚ perioeci‚ and helots. The Spartiates were native Spartans with political rights and served in the army. The perioeci were foreigners who carried out most of the trade in Sparta. Helots were slaves who came from the lands that the Spartans had conquered (Sparta.net). These helots were generally treated better than other Greek slaves; they kept a portion of the crops they farmed‚ lived as a family‚ could
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I believe that Athens and Sparta had two totally different aspects on both political and social rules and situations. One reason that the political situation is different is because Athens choose their leader while Sparta´s leader was born into being their leader. I think that gave Athens more freedom kind of because they got to choose who was their leader and got to see who told them what to do while Sparta´s leader was born into it and no one could help it. But in Sparta they got to choose
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I would like to live in Athens rather than Sparta. This is my choice. I would like to suggest this to you. It is interesting and I think you will agree too. There are several reasons why I think Athens is better place to live than Sparta. First‚ Athens is a democratic city. I think it is very important to let us have a chance to vote or to choose things that we want‚ or I think the city will be very cruel and scary. However‚ Sparta is one of the city-states that have communist government. It is seem
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Athens vs. Sparta Athens and Sparta were rival city-states who battled for control over Greece. Spartans prided on their courageous men instead of the arts‚ learning or architect. While‚ on the other hand‚ Athens glorified itself on its’ beautiful temples and buildings‚ its poetry‚ and its philosophy that dominated all other places in the known world. Many historians debate whether it would be better to live in Athens or Sparta. It is know that it would be better to live in Athens because of their
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Sparta and Athens was totally different form of government. In Sparta we had a military system and in Athens a first form of democracy. The only things in common are that both cities were class-based society‚ but between them the classes were totally different. In fact in Sparta we had several class of population like: Sparta’s “Neighbors” or Periokoi. They were not Spartan citizens but they were free men‚ and were able to have autonomy domestic affairs‚ but were inferior to Spartans. Periokoi
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Spartan did it” Athens and Sparta though close in proximity were two governed and operated completely different. Throughout history in ancient Greece it seems to that you cannot have a conversation of fully understand one without the other. Athens was founded in 3000 BC and Sparta which is a much younger city-state was founded in the 900’s BC and both Athens and Sparta were principal enemies of one another. Though an Athenian and of aristocratic background Plato was fascinated by Sparta and viewed it
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and 323BCE‚ experienced two significant territories – Athens and Sparta. Sparta would become known as a significant warrior state. Athens would become known as the birthplace of democracy. This paper will detail the political differences and the political similarities of these two territories. This paper will address these differences and similarities using the following prescribed guidelines: 1-How did the people in Athens and Sparta obtain the right to participate in public life and make
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The Differences Between Athens and Sparta Athens and Sparta‚ two of the most influential powers in ancient Europe‚ were quite different in many ways. Some of the main differences between Athens and Sparta were their governments‚ their education systems‚ their people’s rights‚ and the way their people were treated as a whole. They had completely different forms of government. They had educational systems that taught things almost completely opposite of each other‚ one military-based and one more
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and religion. As a rule‚ in spite of the fact that‚ the city-states did not get along. Two of the most famous and powerful city-states were Sparta and Athens. In the event that anybody nowadays were given the opportunity to travel in time to live in one of those two city-states‚ Sparta should certainly be the one they chose. Sparta is far predominant to Athens since their armed force was vicious and defensive‚ young ladies received some education and ladies had more freedom than in other polis. To
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