a. What were the geographical features of Sparta? The geographical features of Sparta were: * Mt. Taygetus * Eurotas river * Messenia b. Outline the role of the krypteia The krypteia was the secret police force of Sparta. It was run by the ephors who recruited young men and sent them out for a year to spy on the helots. The krypteia were authorised to kill helots‚ especially those who appeared to have the kinds of qualities that might fit them to lead a helot rebellion. c
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Spartan masters. The Helots were believed to have outnumbered their Spartan masters by at least 10 to 1. This placed great fear on the Spartans who controlled the Helots under a strict regime. Relations between the helots and Spartans were hostile. Thucydides remarked that "Spartan policy is always mainly governed by the necessity of taking precautions against the helots.” According to Myron of Priene of the middle 3rd century BC‚ They “receive a stipulated number of beatings every year regardless
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Introduction The purpose of this essay is to analyze in depths and details two major theories of international relations - Classical realism and Neorealism. There are many shared values and core concepts in both of the theories. Nevertheless‚ being similar in many aspects‚ a range of notable differences distincts ideologies. The definitions‚ brief explanations and core values of each of the ideology are going to be provided at the beginning of the essay. Secondly‚ ideologies will be compared and
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In 2013‚ President Xi Jinping has made the proposal for the One Belt One Road strategy. Along with the recent Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road fund‚ President Xi Jinping is hoping this initiative will provide an innovative method of participation and mutual effort regarding global governance. President Jinping proposed this to promote harmony in the face of simmering geopolitical problems and a diminishing economic climate that seems to have spread worldwide. China’s economic
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it was found that Typhus might be the first disease that contributed to the Plague of 430 B.C. An Athenian historian and general Thucydides‚ described a Typhus like disease that caused severe damage to the Greek people and Athenian navy and contributed to the downfall of the Athens. Satanism and Witchcraft stated basically that Europe had itself to blame for getting Typhus‚ not Asia
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In the 5th century‚ the philosopher Plato insightfully noted‚ ‘Only the dead have seen the end of war‚” with history showing this to be true. People have continued to engage in all manner of conflicts‚ be they petty arguments or large-scale confrontations from which valuable lessons have been learnt about human nature and the present. History has revealed the flaws and primitive nature of people irrespective of the mistaken belief that progress has led to civilisation and order. Past conflicts teach
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Economic World? 1/26/11 No crisis ends without leaving a legacy. 2008’s legacy will include new perspectives on the long-standing conflict over the kind of economic system most likely to deliver the greatest benefit. Battle between capitalism and communism maybe over‚ but market economies come in many variations and competition between them continues. Machiavallian Maintainer See China as a threat Wouldn’t address underrepresented issues (Female Economic?) Grotian Tries to bring China into
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In the 7th Century BC a new era of warfare strategy evolved. Before this new strategy‚ foot soldiers (known as hoplites) engaged in battle in the form of one mob for each army which on the command of their generals runs at each other and proceeds to hack blindly at the enemy with little to no direction other then to kill the enemy in front of them. This proved to be very messy and the tide of battle depended mostly on emotion and size of an army. In the name of strategy and organization‚ the phalanx
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historians in the time of Ancient Greece. Three major ancient historians were able to record their time of Ancient Greek history‚ which includes Herodotus‚ known as the “Father of History” who travelled to many ancient historic sites at the time‚ Thucydides and Xenophon. Other forms of History knowledge and accountability of the ancient Greeks were know is because of temples‚ sculpture‚ pottery‚ artifacts and other archaeological findings. The Neolithic Age in Greece lasted from 6800 to 3200 BC.
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Philosophies of Sophie’s World Sophie’s World Berkeley Signature Edition/March 1996 The Garden of Eden-pg 2 Sophie is introduced to two questions she has not really thought about‚ but is very important questions to philosophers. She realizes that these questions are really important but most people take these questions for granted. When we are little children‚ we are easily amazed by many things that older people see as bland since they are used to it. Philosophers are like children that
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