Persia and ancient Greece‚ where the two were both ancient civilizations. The Greeks were successions of sovereign city states‚ and the most influential cities were Sparta and Athens. Athens had numerous celebrated philosophers and thinkers along having the privilege of being the first world’s democratic government. The people of Athens mostly depended on trade to obtain resources to be used to run the government. On the other hand‚ Spartans were very different in their way of life1. From the beginning
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were Athens and Sparta. Athens had a very strict attitude toward women. Athenian women were not to be heard from and rarely seen. The women of Athens were viewed as inferior to men and their sole responsibilities were to produce offspring and care for the household (Herff n.d.). Women in Athens could not be citizens similarly to the slaves and outsiders of the community (McKay 2009). Spartan women on the other hand‚ though still viewed as lessor to men‚ had more rights. The women of Sparta enjoyed
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What was Sparta and where was it? Ancient Greece‚ or Hellas as it is called in the Greek language‚ was divided into many states and city-states. A city-state‚ or polis in Greek‚ was actually just a city with such power that it controlled the entire state in which it was located. For example‚ Sparta was the city-state in the state of Lakonia‚ but because Sparta was such a major power in its state‚ it was common to use the city name to refer to the whole area. At the time‚ Sparta had a population
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Lysistrata The Peloponnesian war has been going on for eighteen long years and the beautiful Lysistrata in common with the other wives of Athens‚ is tired of the absence of their warrior husbands. She decides that it is time to bring an end to this situation by boycotting their husbands from their wives love. Lysistrata gathered the women of Athens and told them about her plan of how she’s going to end this situation and some of the women argued over and over‚ but the beautiful Lysistrata managed
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one-man who disliked Philip at all‚ itw as Demosthenes. At one point‚ Philip decided to threaten Olynthus‚ who had an alliance with Athens‚ Demosthenes asked why nothing was happening‚ the council-men said they were terrified of the strength and might of Philip. Demosthenes declared this statement in the speech known as the Second Olythiac: " Do not believe‚ men of Athens‚ that Philip and the people he rules over have the same likings. He desires glory‚ and this is his passion‚ and he is ready for any
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When babies were born in Sparta‚ Spartan soldiers would come by the house to examine them. If the baby did not look healthy‚ it was taken away and left to die or trained as a slave. If the baby was healthy‚ it was assigned membership in a brotherhood or sisterhood. The boys in Sparta were sent to military camps of their brotherhood when they turned 7. They learned how to read and write until they were about 14. The Spartan government wanted to make the boys tough. To do this they were given little
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Gender Roles in Ancient Greece and Egypt Centuries of cultural and social evolution has afforded us the liberty to pride ourselves on being keen about who we are‚ what we want‚ and what we are willing to do to get it. It stands to reason that this evolution would be accompanied by opportunities and freedoms (generally speaking) enjoyed today which lend support to the varied expressions of self determined roles that often supersede fading gender prejudices. The trouble with freedom and opportunity
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the duty of running the household and had the opportunity to inherit‚ have ownership of land and accumulate wealth. According to Aristotle‚ “women owned as much as two fifths of the Spartan land” (Aristotle)‚ in the fourth century BC. Women of Sparta had the primary duty of producing physically and mentally strong children. (makedbyteachers‚ 2009) Xenophon tells us “for free women the most important job was to bear children”. (Xenaphon‚ CONSTITUTION OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS) They were expected to
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University of Phoenix Material Ancient World Worksheet Complete the matrix section and the question section on the worksheet for each week. For each culture‚ identify the starting and ending dates of the culture‚ the structure of government‚ the role of the city government‚ and type of law created by the culture. Describe how the culture viewed the relationship between gods and people and how it defined citizenship. List the major events the culture experienced. The purpose of the matrix
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needs to be taught a lesson! Nikolaos: Why do we to attack Melian? They have always been neutral city. They are not our enemy. Diomedes: By not surrender to Athens‚ they make themselves as our enemy. Furthermore‚ let’s not forget that they fought on the Lacedaemonians side‚ and they were once Sparta’s colony. (v:89) Nikolaos: No‚ the Sparta is our enemy‚ leave the innocent Melians out of this bloody war. Diomedes: This is not just any war. This is the Greek civil war! And since they are Greek
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