The Growth of Athens and Sparta What is a city-state? * A political system consisting of an independent city with sovereignity (the ultimate authority in the decision-making) over a fixed surrounding area for which it served as leader of religious‚ political‚ economic‚ and cultural life. * They had developed when earlier tribal systems broke down and splintered groups established themselves as independent nuclei c. 1000–800 B.C. Factors leading to the rise of Greek city-states * The
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This generalized concept of a real American is usually recognized throughout our country. In ancient Greece‚ however‚ a model citizen in Athens would be considered severally lacking in character if they were transplanted in Sparta. Ancient Greek cities‚ like Athens and Sparta‚ differed greatly in their idea of the ideal citizen in regard to government‚ occupation‚ and social relationships. Athens and Sparta had different forms of government in accordance with their values. The city of Athens was well
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2 In ancient Greece there were two superpowers‚ Athens and Sparta. They coexisted in Greece with their own span of power in Greece along with many allies. These superpowers were both very well known for their power and also their utter differences. They‚ of course‚ had tensions between them due to differences in their ways of life‚ especially their governments‚ and the rivaling each other because they were both the best in their own ways among all other Greek poleis. Tensions continued to build up
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In Sparta‚ the influence of the military on society was quite significant. In 650BC‚ Sparta became the dominant military force in Ancient Greece. Sparta achieved this through military cost‚ proficiency‚ their exceptional focus on training and excellence within their military. Sparta was a very strict society compared to others at that time in history. Males had strict rules growing up‚ yet it was even stricter for the everyday life of a soldier. While males had strict rules‚ women still had similar
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treated women like the lesser of the two sexes. Why was Sparta the first to give women rights? In this article‚ we will compare Athens to Sparta. Sparta‚ however‚ was the first to give women a sufficient amount of their own rights. But why did Sparta finally decide to give women rights? Researchers say that it was their giant win over their rival city-state Messenia. Athens did not have a giant slave population 3 times the size of them‚ but with Sparta having that big of a slave population‚ it caused them
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Athens and Sparta were the two great powers of the ancient Greek world. They arose from the same culture and shared many of the same institutions and beliefs. However‚ there were vast differences in the political structures of these two city-states. Athens would become the first democracy that humans would create‚ while Sparta would sacrifice stature and power to maintain the restrictive government and institutional forms needed to prop up their warrior culture. Athenian citizens were counted as
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Sparta became a militaristic society because city states at that time had to become good in military matters to be able to defend themselves and able to expand to remain self-sufficient. The Helot rebellion also caused them to ramp up their military standard to be able to control the helots and to protect them from invaders. Sparta was forced to become a self-sustaining society because they would not be able to get any help from other countries. The training of Spartan warriors started when they
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The Decline of Sparta in 371BC Sparta has been famous since antiquity for her military strength; indeed‚ it was believed by most Greeks that if Sparta rose against Attica‚ Athens would not be able to hold out for more than three years before surrendering. So‚ if Sparta was considered one of the strongest players in the classical world‚ why would she fall? The numbers of Spartiates have long been suggested as the main contributing factor in her decline. According to Plutarch‚ at the Battle of Leuctra
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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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to live‚ I would prefer to live in Sparta because it has the strong military power. Moreover‚ military strength is very much necessary in order to protect own country from the enemies. In addition to this‚ I would be happy when I got the chance to serve the country as an army. This thought would be 100% fulfilled if I live in the Sparta because joining the army is like a compulsory job there for any eligible candidate. Along with this‚ as per the rule of the Sparta‚ I would get the chance to serve
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