Bernice Gelin Professor Shepardson November 18‚ 2008 World History The ancient city of Sparta has had a lasting impression on the world today. Sparta was a model of discipline‚ conformity‚ militarism‚ and virtue. It was a prominent city state‚ but its society was unique from typical life in Greece. Sparta was a military state‚ believing in having only the strong and not the weak to maintain the army. At the time of birth‚ every child considered
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Leonidas lead a small army consisting of 300 Spartans (with several thousand other Greek soldiers)‚ who were to confront the powerful Persian army in a battle which is now known as the Battle of Thermopylae. The reason that Sparta only sent forth 300 soldiers to the battle because Sparta was in the middle of the religious festival of the Karneia‚ and according to Herodotus‚ the Spartans would only ‘march with all the troops at their disposal’ at the conclusion of this celebration. In ancient times‚ the
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their own. Slaves played an important role in ancient Greece. If someone became a trader they could move up in statues. Where someone was in statues depended on different things (Daily life in ancient Greece‚ women in ancient Greece‚ Robert). In Sparta the boys were taken at age 7 from their parents and put in barracks and not released till they were 30 (Women in Ancient Greece). The boys where kept short of food so they had to learn how to steal. The girls were taught how to dance and athletics
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unification as they developed the need to preserve their own culture in the face of many others. The governments of Greek city states were constantly changing‚ taking on forms such as monarchies‚ oligarchies‚ aristocracies‚ and democracies. In fact‚ Athens took on all of these forms between 800 and 400 B.C.E. It was originally a monarchy‚ then transformed into an aristocracy. This turned into an oligarchy‚ which finally‚ under a man called Cleisthenes‚ transformed into the democracy we know so well
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Ronald Cosme 11 December 2014 3rd- Whap NHD Rough Draft: Leonidas I of Sparta Section 1- Background The Persians Wars were fought between the Persian God Kings (Darius I and Xerxes I) and the Greeks city-states (Athens‚ Arcadia and Sparta). There were many battles during this warring period‚ such as the Battle of Marathon or the Battle of Plataea‚ but the battle that Leonidas is known for is the Battle of Thermopylae for his courageous acts of leadership and his historical death. Leonidas learned
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Leonidas of Sparta a heroic king This book is called king Leonidas of sparta a heroic king‚ the Author is Helena P. it’s about how king Leonidas led the 300 Spartans to war and how they train their sons to be strong and become a Spartan. From the moment of a Spartan girl or a boy came into the world‚ the military and the city state were the center of every Spartan citizen’s life. Both male and female babies were determined by city state if they were strong enough to be Spartan citizens. If the infants
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the program. - Pericles was able to use the Delian league funds however he saw fit. The allies didn’t have say because they didn’t turn up to the conference. - To beautify Athens by restoring the temples that had been destroyed during the Persian wars. - The large scale of the buildings were to reflect the greatness of Athens. “He recognized that the city by enabling the houses of her gods would enable herself and that she could express her own might and her ideals in no worthier way than by the
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the journey and shows how Greek morality and politics were practiced in defining situations‚ alongside with displaying the chronology of the expedition. Xenophon wrote this story following being exiled from Athens after he fought under King Agesilaus II and Sparta against Athens at Coronea‚ alongside many other contributing factors. The Spartans then gave him land near Olympia where he wrote this account of the Persian Expedition; also known as the Anabasis and March of the Ten Thousand. With
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character‚ goals‚ laws and customs. This is evident when you compare Athens and Sparta. The Spartan culture focuses on military training from the young age‚ while the Athenians encourages individualism and a focus in the arts. However the creation of city –states‚ as opposed to one unified empire caused many rivalries amongst one another. One of the better well-known civil wars was The Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens. Because of the isolation from other city-states‚ many citizens considered
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The Sicilian Expedition (415- 413 BC): An Overview 1. Background Athens sought a reason to invade Sicily for its abundance of grain and other resources‚ but in initial Sicilian wars they were not presented with an opportunity. When the polis of Segesta went to war with the other Sicilian polis of Selinus‚ Athens was afforded an opportunity to attack not only Selinus‚ but also to invade and conquer Syracuse and the rest of Sicily. To encourage the Athenians to enter the war on their side‚ which
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