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    Spartan Mirage

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    Clas 2215 | Assignment 1 | How does the portrayal of the Spartans in Herodotus’ account of the Battle of Thermopylae relate to the ‘Spartan Mirage’? | | Mohammed Hasan B00524306 | 2/14/2013 | To fully understand how Herodotus portrays the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae with relation to the ‘Spartan Mirage’‚ we must first completely understand what the ‘Spartan Mirage’ means. Spartans were known to be the military power of Greece; their sole purpose was towards military strength

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    The Spartan Warriors

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    regiments and social structure of the Spartans were geared towards building the strongest men and nation physically‚ but without the artistic and political training‚ the warriors or Sparta were unable to bring the Grecian empire together. History remembers so much from the philosophy teachings of Socrates and the Athenian paintings‚ dishes‚ and sculptures‚ but little is remembered about the other superpower in Greece and of the warriors of Sparta. THE SPARTAN WARRIORS In society today the term

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    The Spartan Military

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    The Life of A Solider in the Spartan Military Mark DeAngelis History 101 November 21‚ 2011 1 Thesis: When looking throughout history military has been noted as the strong point in a civilization‚ the Spartan way of life was based off their vigorous training methods‚ and ruthless fighting tactics. I. Birth of the Spartan male child A.) Discuss deformities if they had any 1.) What they were caused by‚ certain plagues‚ spreading diseases‚ unsanitary reasons. a.) What they did with

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    THE SPARTAN HEGEMONY

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    THE SPARTAN HEGEMONY (404BC TO 371BC) Sparta’s role at the end of the Peloponnesian war: Sparta had promised Persia the Ionian cities for its help in defeating Athens. This was a traitorous bargain‚ which subjected Ionian Greeks to Persian rule‚ and negated the victories of the Persian wars Sparta suppressed democracies within the Greek city-states and replaced these with oligarchies. This was done with force Lysander‚ a Spartan‚ was the hero of the Peloponnesian war. He planted a Spartan governor

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    by the Macedonians. On average‚ the depth of the phalanx appears to be about eight men deep. During the time of Alexander the Great‚ the phalanx was believed to be eight men deep‚ but some argue that it evolved into a sixteen man deep phalanx. The Spartans purposely varied the depth of their phalanx so to confuse the enemy about the number of soldiers fielded. The phalanx proved to be a very valuable weapon for the military at that time. Armies which did not adapt to the phalanx formation were quickly

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    Introduction “If we want America to lead in the 21st century‚ nothing is more important than giving everyone the best education possible — from the day they start preschool to the day they start their career.” these are the word of President Barack Obama (The White House Staff). The Obama Administration created the $4.3 billion Race to the Top fund to encourage states to implement performance pay systems and other changes (The White House Staff). With that being said‚ almost every politician‚ school

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    How Spartan boys became Spartan warriors Imagine being taken away from your family and your home when you were just seven years old. The Spartans may have built one of the finest militaries of the ancient world‚ but their culture was so harsh that the word “Spartan” has become synonymous with an austere way of life. Spartan society was carefully constructed around a strict moral code and sense of duty‚ and its people underwent extreme hardships and deprivation on their way to becoming accepted

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    of the Spartan agoge and what did the agoge contribute to Spartan society? Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution‚ which completely focused on military training and excellence. From the age of seven a Spartan boy would compete in a series of stages which help constructs the identity for which these Spartan warriors are known to be. With knowledge passed through such an education Sparta was able to produce a military force like no other. This education system

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    The Life of a Spartan Warrior Can you imagine being taken away from your family and your home when you were just seven years old? And then spending the rest of your life learning how to fight and then fighting your country’s enemies? In the 5th century B.C.‚ this was the life of a Spartan boy. It was Spartan law that boys must become warriors. And not just good warriors‚ but they had to be the best in the world! What was Sparta and where was it? Ancient Greece‚ or Hellas as it is called

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    The Alchemist Merit

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    The Alchemist: Worth Literary Merit? The story of Santiago‚ the Andalusian shepherd boy‚ who travels to the Egyptian desert looking for treasure close to the Pyramids to fulfill his personal legend‚ captured the hearts of many in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. First published in 1988‚ The Alchemist is a critically acclaimed book‚ considered one of the ten best books of the twentieth century and translated in over eighty languages. In Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist‚ his superior use of theme‚ characters

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