In this case‚ children who were deemed unworthy were thrown into a mountain chasm for nature to take its course (Population control in Ancient Sparta). Using this method would not only allow for a decrease in population‚ but also give assurance that these children will be more likely to succeed. Of course in the modern era‚ we do not explicitly need to have a super army‚ but testing people’s
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Was Sparta a better place than Athens? Spartans is known for its military training while Athens lives in world of luxury. Each state has its own good or bad and you can’t say something is better at everything than another one. First of all‚ children are mistreated in Sparta like going to military training at the age of seven and killing “weak” babies. Who said they didn’t have the potential to become the next Plato. In order to have a pure race Spartans started to kill the babies who look “weak”
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Neysha Rivera 12-7-12 Mr.Masterson Global 7 In Ancient Greece ‚the two major states were Athens and Sparta .They were very different in many aspects .However‚ at the same time ‚the two shared a lot of characteristics in common .Most of there differences and similaries were based on government ‚militarist focuses‚jugdement and view of women. Athens and Sparta were similar when it came to their social structures. Women’s rights and responsibilities were one of the few areas
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Do the Strengths Outweigh the Weaknesses? Sparta was once a city-state that had the best soldiers in the ancient world. Back then‚ military power was most important aspect of a city-state. In Sparta‚ there are three groups of people. The first are the hoplites‚ they are the soldiers. The second group are the non citizens‚ they are free and worked in industry. The last group is the biggest‚ the Helots. Helots were like slaves‚ but they could stay at their own homes or fields but had to give most
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Sparta Sparta was a city-sate in ancient Greece. It was located in Laconia‚ the south-eastern Peloponnese. It was built on the Eurotas River‚ which was the main river of Laconia; this gave them a fresh source of water. Sparta is known for its military dominance. What gave it this reputation was defeating its rival city state Athens in the Peloponnesian War. Sparta had very brutal training of their warriors‚ in fact‚ most the culture was based around its military and the training of its warriors
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Sparta Essay Sparta or Athens? Well I choose Sparta. Sparta was an easier living for both men and women alike. They had a better and extremley tough military‚ a better lifestyle for both men and women‚ and a fairly formal education. In Sparta you lived a proud life and had pride. Life in Athens was very different from this‚ let me tell you why. They had an extremely tough military. Most of there training was very brutal‚ but it made them some of the toughest men who ever lived. Sparta won
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Greece in ancient times had many social‚ political and cultural features‚ including: religion‚ society‚ government and warfare. Two powerhouses of Ancient Greece were the cities of Athens and Sparta‚ who led Greece in many of their endevours. Early Sparta and Athens was a building process with many ups and down of which they learnt how to run their cities. Early Sparta did not have enough land to support it’s growing population‚ so they conquered the neighbouring state of Messinia and doubled the
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Athens Vs. Sparta Throughout the ancient world there were two dominating empires. (S) The Athenian City (polis) and the Spartan empire. These two cities were both powerful and famous but significantly different. However‚ the city of Athens was by far a much more influential and powerful city-state in comparison to Sparta. Although both the city-states had their own strengths such as their government‚ social structure and their military tactics‚ Athens was a pivotal city that still to this day effects
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Athens VS. Sparta Debate Position Paper In years 415 BCE‚ Athens and Sparta were arguing over which city-state should hold the seat of power in Ancient Greece which could be referred to the Peloponnesian War. Sparta should hold the seat of power over Athens due to the fact Sparta has a better social structure than Athens. Order is an important criteria for a good and proper society as Sparta proves to value. Sparta values order over freedom or individual rights because protecting the safety of
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The Real Housewives of Sparta The Roles of Spartan Women by: Jasveen Bathh Teacher: Ms.Neale Ancient History ISU Essay The Ancient Greek era was about the birth of democracy‚ their magical myths‚ their many gods and the wonderful people that came with it! Men were always seemed as the dominant gender and how they were the decision makers and thats exactly how Ancient Greece was about except for one particularly city-state Sparta. In Sparta women were not looked
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