states to adapt a form of Oligarchy government instead of Democracy. At the end of the Peloponnesian War‚ Sparta’s army defeated the Athenian navy due to it using its overwhelming strengths and overcoming its weaknesses. Sparta
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Industry Study – Amerind Report Amerind is a company that offers a range of natural and reconstituted veneers which are pressed on MDF‚ plywood and particle board substrates sourced from managed forests and plantations. The company started in 1971. Their goals is to provide quality laminates and laminated panels. They also do flooring‚ working plywoods and other timbers. The company is a multinational corporation. Amerind has manufacturing facilities in Victoria‚ New South Wales and Western Australia
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a very fascinating and captivating period in the history filled by legendary wars‚ Gods and beings with super natural strength ‚ who would forget the Trojan wars even now many examples and references are taken from their way of life. Athens and Sparta were two renowned city states in Greek civilization I will try and answer the questions and go a little deeper in the life’s and living style of the people in these two cities to understand how each group obtained their right to participate in public
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Athens vs. Sparta Essay During Ancient Times‚ many civilizations emerged from darkness and became powers in a world so small that half of it hadn’t been discovered. One of these famed civilizations was the Greek Civilization. The Greek Civilization was divided into cities known as Poleis that had their own government and culture. Sparta and Athens‚ the two most important Greek city states‚ were different in government‚ society and daily life. During the Greek Civilization‚ two forms of governments
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voting in Athens so that every mans’ vote counted and therefore put the decisions affecting the community into the hands of the common man although the majority of the office positions were held by wealthy aristocrats. To be considered a “citizen” in Sparta‚ you had to be: male‚ could not be a Helot‚ or Perioikoi‚ or a slave. There was an assembly of all male citizens‚ an elder council of men over 60‚ the Gerousia‚ and the Ephors that consisted of 5 magistrates. The Gerousia‚ was an elite elder council
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BC the leadership of the Greek city-state of Melos opted to fight the mighty Athenian empire rather than accept vassal status. Athens had been at war against Sparta‚ to the south in the Peloponnesus‚ more or less continuously since 431 BC. Athens had been unable to make much headway on land against the vaunted Spartan infantry‚ while Sparta was no match for Athens at sea. Frustrations were mounting on both sides. A fragile peace was in place‚ but it was in the process of unraveling. Athens chose
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Aristotle‚ a Greek philosopher‚ from The Politics‚ c. 340 BCE The words constitution and government have the same meaning‚ and the government‚ which is the supreme authority in states‚ must be in the hands of one‚ or of a few‚ or of the many. The true forms of government‚ therefore‚ are those in which the one‚ or the few‚ or the many‚ govern with a view to the common interest; but governments which rule with a view to the private interest‚ whether of the one or of the few‚ or of the many‚ are perversions
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LEGION OF CHRIST COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES The Power Struggle: Peloponnesian & Punic Wars Professor: Mr. Robert Murphy Student: Thomas More Kim LC Student Number: US547 Course: H 311 World History 1st Semester Paper Cheshire‚ December 16th‚ 2013 I. BEFORE THE WAR A. Antecedent to the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) During 490-479 BC‚ the Delian League‚ with Athens as their leader‚ fought a desperate war against the world’s strongest power at the time
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love the light of dawn.” This is a quote taken from ancient Spartan society that was said to the young men who were in the process of becoming soldiers. While Sparta is most popularly known as a warrior society‚ it had many other characteristics that made it revered. No other civilization during the Classical Era can be compared to that of Sparta. Sparta’s legendary warriors‚ women‚ and politics made it a true iconic civilization during that time period. Of course‚ the main topic for discussion
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traveling teachers • Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle C. Inequality in Classical Greece • Slaves were non-Greek who were “living pieces of property” but were mostly treated humanely because they formed relationships with their owners. • Women in Sparta had rights and were outspoken and had public visibility. • Women of Athens had arranged marriages and were kept indoors and were only there to produce sons and take care of the house and the children‚ they would be allowed out sometimes to visit
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