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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Athens and Sparta are two very enjoyable and great places to live in Greece. It was very hard for me to decide which city-state to live in. Athens or Sparta? After thinking and going over pros and cons of each city-state‚ I have decided to want to live in Sparta. I choose Sparta because they had a significant military‚ woman had many rights‚ and girls got to participate in sports.Here are the three reasons why. ↓ The first reason why I would rather like to live in Sparta because they had an excellent
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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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Do the strengths outweigh the weaknesses? Sparta was the strongest military force in the ancient greek times‚ with the battle strategy the phalanx no one could take the vicious spartans down. They trained the soldiers at a young age so‚ they knew the battle strategies like the back of their hand. The strengths of Sparta outweighs the weaknesses. The strengths of Sparta are that they had an advanced military‚ they respected and trained the women‚ and they trained the soldiers when the soldiers
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Political Thinking POL200Y1 September-17-2008 Thucydides as historian and theorist Athens and Sparta were the superpower of Greece Athens and Sparta led victory for Greece against Persian Athens are sea power and Sparta is on land After that Athens began to take power/empire over Greece He didn’t record exactly what happened but recreated them - moments He included his large/general judgements about human nature About human nature Democracy as a form of political regime
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Ancient Greece‚ the two largest poleis (city-states) Athens and Sparta are evidence of two opposite forms of government. Athens adopted a more democratic approach while Sparta was governed by two kings. Though near each other‚ Ancient Greece consisted of poleis each of whom was governed separately and differently than one another. In the following I will answer a few questions posed regarding Greece‚ Sparta and the various city-states. Athens Early on only men who owned land could hold public office
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Title of Assessed Work: Why did Thebes come to political prominence in the fourth century? ‘’The victory of the Thebans was the most famous of all those won by Greeks over Greeks’’1 This essay will look at the rise of Thebes to political prominence in Greece in the fourth century BC in a an analytical rather than chronological fashion‚ by considering both the decline of the major city states around Thebes as well as Theban advantages. It will draw on the format used by John Buckler2
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empire in control of the entire Greek peninsula. The struggle between the two Greek mega powers‚ Sparta and Athens‚ began less than fifty years after they defeated the Persians. Athenian control of the seas would have to be equal to the Persian money if Sparta was going to win the war‚ and finally at the Battle of Syracuse‚ the Spartans showed that they were the masters of land and sea within Greece. With Sparta now in control of the Greek empire‚ it was necessary to provide men with duties other than
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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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governments were set up where only a few select people controlled the masses. The city of Athens‚ in ancient Greece‚ was the first city to undergo a transformation from a monarchy to a democracy that affected and changed the lives of average men from then until the modern world. Ancient Athens was the vanguard for rights of the common people. “Average” is relative here‚ as the only
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