Ancient Sparta and Athens‚ while both being located in Greece‚ shared very different views. Whether it was government‚ or the way they lived‚ nearly everything was conflicting between these two cities. In this essay‚ I‚ will explain my reasons for wanting to live in Sparta rather than Athens. The first reason is very simple. Spartan women were given more freedom and in many ways‚ had even more power than the men. The men of Sparta spent much of their time fighting or practicing military techniques
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The most powerful Greek states were the Sparta and Athens in histories. Both states had similarities‚ but then developed in a unique way in society. Sparta had launched their first war with Messenia‚ giving the Spartans as much land. After their second war‚ Spartan was forced to reconsider their way of living‚ making a drastic change and turning their city into a military academy and camp. The Spartan system changed in the sixth century‚ controlling over the children from birth. Females taught to
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society that abuses children should deserve to crumble. It was an ancient Greek city state known as Sparta. In Sparta‚ they would whip the boys as an athletic contest. Whoever could withstand the most pain won. Do the strengths of Sparta outweigh the weaknesses? No‚ the strengths do not outweigh the weaknesses because they were abusive‚ lacked education‚ and the boys were taken from their families at a young age. To begin with‚ Sparta would abuse the children. In document B it says “[Lycurgus] encouraged
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When the Spartan’s hit hard times and needed more resources they defeated Messenia during the First Messenian War. They were unable to keep control over the Messenians by making them Helots. Due to the Helot’s outnumbering the Spartan’s they rebelled and almost took down the entire Spartan Empire during the Second Messenian War. After their almost defeat‚ the Spartans decided to turn their empire into basically a military school. The people they conquered‚ had to abide by Spartan laws and rules.
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Athens and Sparta were the two most legendary city-states that had a great impact in Greece history‚ especially because they were set apart by opposite governamental systems that affects how we still perceived them today‚ in addition to showing us the origins of military and democratic organizations that resembles that of ours through the World . As our reading material by Brand describes‚ Athenians were the ones that brought democracy to reality‚ while Spartans were set minded in dictatorship‚
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Rodolfo Gustavo Alvarez Mr. Ignacio Arana English Composition II 25 February‚ 2015 Ancient Greek City-States The Pillars of Ancient Greece Introduction Body According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ a city-state is “a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it”. This definition shows that the ancient Greece was divided into city-states in which this were independent of each other‚ with their laws‚ customs‚ money‚ and army (Greek City State). City-States are
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Ancient Greece is a land of numerous city-states‚ called polis. Each polis had its individual government‚ laws‚ rulers‚ and traditions‚ in spite of the fact that they did have certain things in common such as their language 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
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In Ancient Greece‚ there were many cities‚ militaries‚ and city-states. What would you do if you had to fight till death‚ or be trained to be in the military for 12 years? There are many things that you definitely would not do now‚ that you were forced to do if you lived in Ancient Greece. Spartans‚ Athenians‚ and many more that differ. 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
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In Sparta‚ the economy meant two things : the system of wealth creation and the state of the countrys prosperity. The economy has four essential features‚ natural resources‚ economic objectives (military state)‚ distribution of land and the roles of Perioikoi and Helots. These features are inter-related and work together in order to achieve the economic objective‚ which was to maintain a military dominance. This priority of maintaining a military state‚ and the ineffectiveness of some of these structures
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Slavery in the Antiquity Slavery dates back to ancient times in the history of humankind. Slavery is a economic and social system were people were treated like a property‚ they are sold‚ bought and forced to work. Through History‚ slavery has been institutionalized and recognized. People in ancient times can fell into slavery through several ways; the most common were being prisoner of war‚ or slavery by debt. Moreover‚ written in this paper it’s going to be seen how Mesopotamia and Egypt have a
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