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    Sparta was a mean society. The city state in ancient Greece arose in 404 B.C. It was called Sparta. Weak minds, high violence, and harsh rules made it all that much worse. Boys were taken from their families and were taught to steal, fight, and were not taught importance of math and english. The weaknesses of Sparta outweighed the strengths because The Spartans encouraged beating children, babies not strong enough were shipped out to die, and Spartan warriors killed innocent Helots. To start

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    Athens and Sparta Athens and Sparta were the two largest Greek city-states of the Ancient world. They were the biggest of rivals, two towering cities at their peak, the most influential cultural, military, and trade powers of western civilization in the first millennium B.C. They are sharply contrasting yet strikingly similar, setting the stage for the Peloponnesian War. Their differences were the effect of geographical isolation but they began with the same base of ideas on which to build.

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    Any society that abuses children should crumble .Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state. They valued military strength above anything else. They did not teach academics, farming, or anything else besides military tactics. The weakness outweighed strengths because they lacked education , they abused their children and their society did not last more than 300 years. To begin with, The Spartans lacked education. In document D the text states, “[The Spartans] learned to read and write for purely practical

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    Sparta Research Paper

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    Sparta had the most advanced army of their time because of three main reasons. One reason is because all the Spartan boys started their military training at a young age and they would have to be considered fit and able from the very start of their life. The second reason they were the best army of their time is because they made life for the grown boys very hard so that they would learn ways to be skilled warriors in battle. The third reason they were such a good fighting force is because they were

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    Sparta Vs Greek

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    Sparta, also known as Lacedaemon, is a city-state located in Greece. In the beginning King Darius of Persia started invading the mainland of Greece in order to expand his empire. King Darius would later have a son named Xerxes and he would be the ruler to lead Persia into another war. However, the first war was located at Marathon, Athens, Greece. The second war took place at Thermopylae, Greece. I’m not going to lie, it is all a bit confusing to keep track of, but it’s the history of ancient Greece;

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    Athens vs. Sparta

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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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    There is a reason Sparta is still known for its military tactics today.Sparta was a powerful city-state on the peninsula peloponnese with their powerful military that brought down dozens of other city-states.The Strength of Sparta outweighed the weaknesses because they had an advanced military,women were respected,and they trained their soldiers at a young age. First the Spartans had an advanced military. They had a military tactic called the Phalanx which all their soldiers were shoulder to shoulder

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    As the ancient Greek history shows, two well-known cities were Sparta and Athens. Each city-state was built on different and similar values. However if one was to compare these equally great city-states under the same umbrella, the question regarding which one had the best expression of arete would arise? In my critical opinion, Sparta was more representative of arete due to focusing completely on their primary goal: to be brave warriors. In reference to World History and Geography by Jackson Spielvogel

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    Women in Athens & Sparta

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    Women in Ancient Sparta & Athens By: Tony Knuth 12/9/09 Historians have spent a long time attempting to establish what exactly life was like for women in ancient Greece. Like all studies of ancient Greece, they focus primarily on the two most powerful city-states in the Hellenic world, Athens and Sparta. Since the majority of the primary documents deal with these two cities, historians are only able to decipher a fragmentary view of what life was actually like for the entirety of society

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    Sparta was a standout amongst the most critical Greek city-states all through the Archaic and Classical periods and was well known for its military ability. The expert and very much prepared Spartan hoplites with their particular red shrouds, long hair, and lambda-decorated shields were likely the best and most dreaded warriors in Greece, battling with unique excellence at such key fights as Thermopylae and Plataea in the mid-fifth century BCE. The city was likewise in consistent battles with the

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