can affect the way they go about collecting information. The information then gathered will directly impact the way we form our beliefs and the need to act. Thucydides believes that fear by the Spartans played an important part in causing the war. Sparta felt threaten by the change in the power balance from Athens due to their imperialistic expansion. Fear can change over to terror‚ which is a more personal form and can change the way people and states think. Effective leaders can combat the fear
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The development of the Greek polis--whether a military oligarchy in Sparta or democracy in Athens--allowed citizens to participate in political issues. This concept of the "rule by the people‚" mainly in Athens‚ gave the citizens a sense of freedom and harmony. Greeks applied the label "polis" to all of the states‚ regardless of their political distinctions‚ because each was a koinonia‚ a community. After this period‚ the concept of the polis began to change. The regulation of power changed‚ along
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brave 300 Spartans who fought bravely to their death‚ know that would be the end result. The movie stars Gerard Butler as king Leonidas and his wife Queen Gorgo as Lena Headey. Also another important actor is Dominic West who plays Theron a traitor of Sparta who is trying to delay the Queen or override her attentions of convincing the council to assembly an army against the Persians. This movie which came out in 2006 is a colored version based on the event that took place in 480 B.C. I selected this movie
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Also‚ the Sparta and Athens were similar because during the second Persian War‚ the two worked together to defeat a common enemy. The Sparta and Athens were different because the Sparta were ruled by two kings‚ until they either died or were forced out of office. On the other hand‚ Athens were ruled by archons who were normally elected annually.
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Athens and Sparta. Athens was a democratic state with a strong naval-based military. Sparta was on the other hand an oligarchical state with a disciplined land army. After the Persian Wars‚ Athens became more powerful‚ and the fear of Athenian dominance would spark the Peloponnesian Wars. However this thirst for power along with poor leadership would be the downfall of Athens. Sparta was the dominant force in the Hellenic world for a long time. With Athenian power growing quickly‚ Sparta felt threatened
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will be the one of the‚ if not the top country in the world. The government policies that were in place at this time are what kept these Spartans in top war performance. Once Spartans were born they were considered either fit or not fit to live in Sparta. This was of life may seem cruel and inhumane‚ but this is what it takes to be on top in ancient Greece. Neither the Persians‚ Athenians or any other country or city-states could wipe out the powerful Spartans for many years. From the moment
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Honors Global Studies The early city-states of Athens and Sparta both were powerful in early Grease. Although they were close geographically‚ the way their civilizations functioned could not be more different. Although both city-states have advantages and disadvantages‚ I would much rather be raised in Athens. I would prefer Athens over Sparta because it is a democracy andThe early city-states of Athens and Sparta both were powerful in early Grease. Although they were close geographically‚ the
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its importance and power. Sparta’s Allies Earlier‚ Sparta had been the military leader of the Greek world. Sparta had a set of loose alliances by means of individual treaties that extended to the Peloponnese‚ excepting Argos and Achaea. The Spartan alliances are referred to as the Peloponnesian League. Sparta Insults Athens When Athens decided to invade Thasos‚ Sparta would have come to the aid of the north Aegean island‚ had Sparta not suffered a timely natural disaster. Athens‚ still bound
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What do sources reveal about the lives of woman in Sparta? Sources reveal that the lives of woman in Sparta‚ that they were treated differently to spartiate men‚ they were not allowed to do majority if things that the Spartan men did‚ such as hunting‚ working‚ and most leisure activities such as watching cockfighting or boar fighting. Woman were to stay at home and do home duties such as cooking‚ cleaning and ultimately look after the children. Women were expected to raise children and to make
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I. In Greece the polis of Sparta was the number one military authority for the people and for the time period. There was nothing that the Spartans could not do when it came to war. From the time that Spartan men were born‚ they were evaluated for their future services to the Spartan society. Each baby was sent to have the ten‚ ten‚ one test done on them as explained in the novel‚ The Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. This test was to check and make sure that there were no deformities. If there
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