(27 years) and it was Sparta (Peloponnesian Leagues) vs. Athens. Spartans’ leader was Brasidas. Athens was lucky and got Pericles as a political leader as well as a military leader up until he died in 429 BC. Anyway‚ Athens was very good with the sea and ships and attacking that way. While on the other hand‚ the Spartans mainly covered the land. Slide 3: After the Persian War‚ because everything was destroyed and out of whack because of the Persian War‚ the Spartans and Athens decided that for thirty
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abide by the rules of the treaty so we must show them they cannot disrespect Sparta. The battle will take place in 3 days on an open plain outside of Leuctra. I have heard Sparta has gather a decent amount of men to help fight this battle. I believe I heard we will be bringing 11‚000 to the battlefield. I do not know how many we will face‚ but I do know that we will win and show those heathens never to disrespect Sparta again. I have talked to a blacksmith who is a good friend of my fathers and he
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millennia in the western world‚ all the way back to ancient Greece‚ and specifically back to the city-state of Athens. Though very different from the modern‚ western concept of democracy‚ Athens’ democratic system was revolutionary for it’s time and often stirred conflict between democratic and oligarchic forces‚ not only within Athenian society‚ but also among it and other city-states such as Sparta‚ and Greece as a whole. Before beginning‚ the terms oligarchy and democracy should be defined. For sake
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Controversy between Athens and Sparta has led many to fall victim to falsified information and assumptions‚ resulting in utmost bias. When individuals visit Sparta‚ they soon realize these “cold-blooded barbarians” have reasoning behind their actions. Most people judge Sparta for our unfair treatment of helots‚ even though we treat them equally and better than the Athenian slaves. Athenian propaganda displays us as horrible demons for having helots incorporated into our society. Helots‚ or serfs
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10/17/12 DBQ Athens vs Han China In the 5th century BCE Sparta and Athens constantly battled for 27 years for the number one spot in Greece. Despite being at war for such a long time‚ Athens made their culture most memorable in our world’s history. Athens‚ located in Attica was rather small surprisingly‚ smaller then Rhode Island. Athens was known for it’s talent; like we know today‚ Pericles‚ Plato‚ Socrates and more. While Athens Greece was prospering‚ China was suffering. During this period
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Sample A Thesis: Athens and the Mauryans differed in their political centralization and sponsorship of religion and were similar in having to defend themselves against the Persians. Topic Sentence: Athens and the Mauryans differed in their type of political control it had over people. Athens‚ as the most powerful city-state‚ was able to force other city-states into the Delian League often against their will whereas the Mauryan were organized into one single entity. Athens created a system‚ where
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Raphael ’s School of Athens The work of art I chose for this assignment is one of a series of frescoes by the renaissance artist Raphael. The School of Athens is large‚ measuring 300 inches wide by 200 inches tall‚ and is part of a series of frescoes commissioned by Pope Julius II for what is now known as the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The work was completed by Raphael between 1509-1511‚ and is generally agreed upon to be the second work completed there. Originally
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in both Sparta and Athens had similarities and difference‚ but Sparta’s women had more rights than women in Athens. Women in Athens had little to no rights; they could not own land‚ vote‚ and their primary role were to be the housekeepers. If a women’s spouse passed away she could not keep the land‚ unless she married someone else before they took the land away. Women in Athens were not allowed to partake in decisions concerning the government in Athens or enter into any contracts. They were only expected
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and renowned works. One of the themes of Stanza Della Segnatura‚ the ‘School of Athens’‚ has been given the most importance than the work as a whole. School of Athens is the depiction of Raphael’s moods which reflects his beliefs and this is communicated by the artist’s placement of figures in the work‚ such as Plato and Aristotle standing right at the center in this case‚ emphasizing how important their theories were with their gestures and positioning. This is like Leonardo’s Last Supper where he
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M.H How Great Were Their Differences? The Ancient Athenian and China dynasties were vastly different because of their population and form of government. The government of Athens was democracy with a diminutive population that could be ran by some people in the population‚ whereas in Han China was a bureaucracy with a greater population that was ran by non-elective government officials‚ citizens had no say in government. (Document 2) The Ancient Athenian population was made up of fifty hundred
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