to participate‚ similar government structure between the two and how they both differed. “At Spartas peak around 500 BC the size of the city would have been some 20‚000-35‚000 freee residents” (2017‚ April 10). And by 432 BC in Athens and Attica there were 150‚000 Athenians around 50‚000 aliens and more than 100‚000 slaves (n.d.). Athens & Sparta’s right to participate There were multiple ways for Athens and Spartans to participate in public life and make decisions affecting the community. This is
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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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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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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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During the Greco-Persian Wars‚ Athens and Sparta fought side-by-side as a team to defeat the Persians. However‚ after they defeated the Persians‚ Athens gained even more power‚ which led to conflicts between the prior allies. As a result‚ these two powerful city-states fought one another in the Peloponnesian War. During the late 5th century BCE‚ Thucydides‚ a historian of this time period‚ described the events of the Peloponnesian War in his book History of the Peloponnesian War (5.84-116). In this
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The Persian war was a result of the ignorance of Athens. Athens caused the war by helping the Ionians revolt against Persia. They caused the war by burning Sardis. Which was unprovoked and caused the citizens of Sardis to lose their homes. Athens caused the Persian war because they helped the Ionians fight Persia. As states‚ “The Greeks had helped the Ionians to revolt against the Persians”. Athens sent weapons to the Ionians to fight Persia. If Athens did not help the Ionians revolt‚ Persia would
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with the daily duties they were required to participate in during the day which caused them stress and put them under huge amounts of pressure. The institution of slavery in Athens ran well‚ with enormous numbers of slaves moving to the city from other areas of the globe to find work. Generally slaves were treated well in Athens but this depended on their employment and owner. Slaves came from other countries from around the globe and were obtained by Athenians through markets. Many slaves came
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at the following systems monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy‚ there were some others but these will be our focus. Interestingly enough while we think of ancient Athens as being a democracy it wasn’t always so‚ it eventually evolved into a democratic nation‚ but between the 8th to 6th century‚ Athens was ruled by aristocracy and according to The Athenian Aristocracy (n.d)‚ the constitution read as follows “Appointment to the supreme offices of state went by birth and wealth; and
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After Persian wars‚ Athens and Sparta emerged as Greek strong societies growing their powers and living together peacefully with a truce in place. They had a treaty in place for 30 years. During peace time Athens became a naval power and Sparta developed military land power. Eventually‚ the Peloponnesian War (431- 404 BCE) broke out in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta city-states. It was between Athens and their allies (the Delian League) and Spartan and their allies (the Peloponnesian
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Is it possible for one of the ancient civilizations‚ Athens or Sparta to be better than the other? In modern day it is hard for a whole civilization to agree on what makes a perfect society‚ but there are ways to keep citizens happy‚ give them freedom through knowledge‚ or provide safety‚ in the case of Athens‚ and Sparta‚ two conflicting civilizations that frankly followed these approaches‚ it is hard to say which one is a better. They both excelled in their own ways‚ specifically in regards to
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