wondered what it would be like to live in one of the two strongest empires 2‚500 years ago? Athens and Sparta were the most powerful empire and city-states in Greece 2‚500 years ago. They both shared many of their beliefs and heroes‚ but they were very different when it came to their government. Athens had a democracy and trade while Sparta was a military state and its focus was training the people for war. Sparta was a better place because the women had more freedom‚ they were prized for reproduction
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Sparta and Athens were two city-states in ancient Greece. They had many similarities and differences. One difference is that Sparta was an aggressive city state‚ but Athens was peaceful and calm. One similarity is that they both spoke Greek. Another similarity is that they were both coastal areas. Another similarity is that they both had a governing system and a good economy. They were both part of the Dark Age. The Greece Dark Age is the intermission between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization
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Athens VS. Sparta Debate Position Paper In years 415 BCE‚ Athens and Sparta were arguing over which city-state should hold the seat of power in Ancient Greece which could be referred to the Peloponnesian War. Sparta should hold the seat of power over Athens due to the fact Sparta has a better social structure than Athens. Order is an important criteria for a good and proper society as Sparta proves to value. Sparta values order over freedom or individual rights because protecting the safety of
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In Sparta‚ women were more valued and respected by men‚ so the men were willing to give them more rights and opportunities to make their own decisions. In Athens‚ men had a more traditional view on women and believed that they shouldn’t belong in society; so therefore‚ men primarily monitored the women actions. Sparta lies in the Peloponnesus‚ in the south. The Spartans set up a brutal and strict system of control. Assemblies made up by male citizens approved the major decisions in Sparta. Since
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The two Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta were different in many ways. Though they may be geographically similar on the map‚ the two Greek city-states could not be any more different; from the way they run their government to the way they educate their children‚ to their country’s ancestry. These are only some of the way that Athens and Sparta are different. The two city-states are also similar in some ways‚ as well. Both of the city-states had partially elected governments and both strongly
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The social and political system of Sparta was framed around physical superiority‚ duty to the state and conquest in war. The excepted concept of Eunomia further enforced this patriotism by placing the needs of the state above individual interest. While the Spartans lived within a rigid social structure based on a three-tiered hierarchy‚ they also participated in a cradle to grave obedience to the law. It was the determination of public officials who decided if a child was strong enough to survive
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Spencer Ramsey 330-910-RE Thursday March 6th‚ 2014 Connie Galatas Short Assignment #2 (10%) Women in Athens & Sparta Considered two of the most notorious cities in Greek history‚ it is actually one of the few things Athens and Sparta share in common. The two cities took two separate paths towards power. Athens focusing on its politics while Sparta focused on military. These individual ways of life impacted both cities‚ creating large differences between the two societies‚ including how
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Greece in ancient times had many social‚ political and cultural features‚ including: religion‚ society‚ government and warfare. Two powerhouses of Ancient Greece were the cities of Athens and Sparta‚ who led Greece in many of their endevours. Early Sparta and Athens was a building process with many ups and down of which they learnt how to run their cities. Early Sparta did not have enough land to support it’s growing population‚ so they conquered the neighbouring state of Messinia and doubled the
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Athens vs Sparta All cities around the world have individualized customs and laws to specifically benefit their society. One would assume that two cities within close proximity would share many of these customs. With only 150 miles in between‚ it would be hard to imagine that Athens and Sparta could be so abundant in differences. Yet‚ with the information learned‚ few similarities are exhibited. There are many differences between Spartan and Athenian civilizations with regards to their government
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living in ancient Athens or ancient Sparta which‚ would you choose? While one stands for democracy‚ the other stands for war. Surely having been raised in America‚ one is more likely to side immediately with the most democratic one. However‚ not everyone was equal in Athens. Also‚ although Sparta was almost entirely focused on war‚ one half of the population was not completely alienated by the other. Athens and Sparta had completely opposite ways of living. Although Sparta and Athens are in the same
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