Spencer Ramsey 330-910-RE Thursday March 6th‚ 2014 Connie Galatas Short Assignment #2 (10%) Women in Athens & Sparta Considered two of the most notorious cities in Greek history‚ it is actually one of the few things Athens and Sparta share in common. The two cities took two separate paths towards power. Athens focusing on its politics while Sparta focused on military. These individual ways of life impacted both cities‚ creating large differences between the two societies‚ including how
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Discussion Forum Question Unit 2 Use your impressions of Athens and Sparta to discuss and compare daily life in the two city-states. Life in Sparta and Athens was seen to be that of individually achieving strong political standing and military stability as the result of threats from almost every side of the Sparta builds a state in which every part of life was organised around the need to have a strong army. This was seen in Sparta’s conquest where defeated neighbouring area where forced to become
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Comparing and Contrasting Classical Athens and Sparta The classical Greek civilizations of Athens and Sparta showed some similarities‚ yet also showed a large number of differences. For example‚ these city-states had completely different views about women and their rules on female freedoms show this. Athenian women‚ like most of the women in other Greek city-states‚ were considered to be useful only for child-bearing and domestic jobs. Sparta‚ however‚ was the oddball out‚ giving the women of their
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that were controlling powers in Greece. These two city states were Athens and Sparta. These two city states were very different with Sparta being a military state with an Oligarchy‚ and Athens‚ a naval‚ peaceful state with a democracy. Sparta is the better city state because they have the best army‚ the safest city‚ they are the leader of the Peloponnesian league‚ they have rights for women‚ and have strongest government. Sparta is the best city state with the best army. Sparta’s army is renowned
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POLITICAL DIFFERENCES OF SPARTA AND ATHENS Athens and Sparta were two of the most powerful and well known cities among all the Greek nations. Most would find it easier to find more similarities among these two groups of mighty people. But there are some differences between these two power houses. For instance the way that these cities were governed and their political procedures and functions were quite different from each other. One major difference between the two cities was
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Greek city: Athen‚ and Sparta. The influenced emphasized on the similarities and differences in economic‚ political‚ and social democracy. The similarity between Athen and Sparta is that the democracy in both states was only for a minority group. The minority society in both states has the political influenced. The majority group has no say in government. No one of their public sectors was filled with women. All were men and have to be free men with both parents is Athenian for Athen and Spartan
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Both Sparta and Athens were Greek city-states. Sparta was a strict military ruled city-state where the people established themselves as a military power early. However Athens was more of a political city-state that was more involved with their economical stature than their military forces. Still changes from the Persian wars would change the powers of the city-state and somewhat unite them. <br> <br>Sparta was a strict military city-state. The people were Dorians who conquered Laconia. This region
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Effects of the Political Systems of Athens and Sparta on Common Citizens Ancient Greece was made up of fiercely independent city-states‚ or poleis. Two of the most significant city-states were Athens and Sparta. Athens‚ home of some of the most important philosophers‚ is famous for being the cradle of democracy. On the other hand‚ Sparta‚ the polis with some of the best warriors in Ancient Greece‚ was an oligarchy with two kings. Naturally‚ these two different political systems influenced the common
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Two classical Greek city-states‚ Athens and Sparta‚ were as similar as they were different regarding political and social structures. While Sparta kept themselves isolated from their neighbors‚ Athens kept themselves in contact with everyone. Sparta and Athens were both polytheistic; Sparta’s patron saint was Ares and Athens’ was Athena. Ares was Sparta’s patron saint because Sparta was a militaristic oligarchy‚ meaning their government was run by a few people and revolved around warfare. Sparta’s
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The Oligarchy of Sparta was more efficient and stable compared to Athens because of its laws‚ structure‚ and culture. The city-state of Sparta had strict laws for the conduct of its citizens which promoted the welfare of the whole community. Athens democracy was constantly voting to enact laws which were often controlled by mob rule. Sparta’s government was controlled by the elites and elders of the community. Athens was ruled by the common man who was ill equipped to rule. Spartan culture was much
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