property in order to hide in the safety of their city. The Long Walls of Athens protected its citizens and preserved its population. The Spartans however had the upper hand in infantry while the Athenians were superior at sea. With the aid of Persia‚ Sparta eventually defeats Athens at Syracuse in 404 BCE after a continuous twenty-seven years at war (Hunt 104). The creation of the Delian League‚ the reign of Pericles‚ the aggravation of Corinth‚ and the refusal to negotiate made Athens the sole instigator
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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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the Persians had 15‚000. With good weapons and clever leaders‚ the Greeks were able to win the battle of marathon. Ten years later‚ Darius’ son Xeroxes carried on his father’s plans to take on Greece after his death. This time‚ the powerful army of Sparta joined with the Athenians. The Athenians sent their navy to attack the Persians by sea while the Spartans were at the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae. The Persians had to go through the Spartans in order to get to the mainland in a timely manner
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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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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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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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