Women in Classical Athens vs. Women in America Women in classical Athens‚ according to many of the accounts of women’s position in the Greek city-state‚ lived a life of domestic slavery. Men controlled politics and societal influence in the public setting‚ so the lives of women were no different from foreigners or slaves who also had no civil rights. The lives of women in classical Athens greatly contrasts the lives of women in America today; however both share similar family obligations. While
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century BC Greece was about 1500 scattered small cities around the Mediterranean and Black sea shores. Each city had different forms of government‚ rulers in its history which ranges from democracy to monarchies and oligarchies. By around 730 BCE‚ Sparta had conquered the neighboring city-state of Messenia in the south-west corner of the Peloponnesus. The government was like monarchy/ tyranny‚ where one sole ruler had taken the power in hand by force. Helots were treated as public slaves‚ forced to
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Family Life Family is very important for every person. It’s a special unit of society‚ which matters the most. The human nature has a need to always communicate‚ to have friends‚ partners and children‚ to share emotions and experience. So‚ loneliness is a bit unnatural for people. For this reasons everybody has a family. It isn’t surprising that every achievement‚ piece of happiness‚ good or bad mood‚ it all depends on family relations. Family is the place where people spend most of their time‚
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According to many historians such as Powell “The citizen women of Sparta were believed to lead unusual lives by Greek standards.” As stated by Lycurgus in the Great Rhetra women of Sparta were aware of their role in society in regards to staying healthy and fit to produce healthy offspring as well as partaking in the running of the economy. Women in Sparta were treated with the utmost respect‚ as they were an essential element in the ancient warrior society. Spartan women enjoyed much more freedom
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Sparta was a superior city-state in ancient greece. Military was considered important than politics. Losing a battle was not an option against their rival Athens. Both have been fighting non stop until peloponnesian war which Sparta claimed victory. It is never a good idea to face a militaristic opponent. The odds would not be in favor of Athens for any battle with Sparta‚ thus raising a question why does Sparta have a powerful military. The Polity of the Spartans was written by Xenophon which
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that being connected with your family could be the best tool to help you to accomplish your goals much easier? However‚ a family can influence sometimes in a good way or sometimes in a bad one. Fortunately my family has influenced me in a good manner that in return I will help my relatives just the same way they did. Growing along with my family has influence and improved my life in significant ways. There are three main ways on how my parents have influenced in my life‚ such as: no to give up on my
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The Compare and Contrast of Athens and Sparta Gregory Smith pd.1 8/29/13 Athens Sparta About: The capital and largest city of Greece. Known in Greek as Sparti. The city lies at the southern end of the central Laconian plain‚ on the right bank of the Eurotas River. Country: Greece Greece Population (Modern): 3‚761‚811 18‚184 Population (Ancient): 140‚000 100‚000 Region: Attica Laconia Climate: Mediterranean climate. Fairly temperate but very dry. Economy (Modern):
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Certainly the term ’family’ has raised various debates in the modern society and as evident from the study of different cultures‚ there is now no clear taxonomy of a family unit. From a functionalists point of view‚ it is a unit of people bound together either biologically or by legal marriage. To support this theory‚ Murdock defines it as a group consisting of a sexually active heterosexual couple living with their biological or adopted children.(Haralambos M & Langley P). However‚ in other
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- moved closer to democracy in response to growing economic discontent by farmers. - Athenians studied arithmetic ‚ literature‚ music‚ and physical education - Athenians were allowed to develop their own individual talents - Athens became a limited democracy - the Athenians were the first ones credited with establishing government with democratic elements. - Athenian democracy was limited in comparison with today’s standards. Only men could participate: women were seen as inferior beings who
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Athens and Hans China are two ancient societies that had successful‚ thriving civilizations. Each civilization invented new and useful items that influence today’s time period some examples are paper‚ a pulley‚ and a flush toilet. Although these two civilizations are six thousand miles apart Athens located in the district of Attica and China at the end of the Eurasian land mass they had three moderately similar differences: the way the citizens opinions/views impacted the running of the government
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