The And Soil By Ben Kiernan

The training for the Spartan military began at a very young age, five years old to be precise. This is when the young male was

Sparta was a small culture both in size and number that eventually revolutionized into a powerful city-state. It is located on a small peninsula in Southern Greece called the Peloponnese. Sparta was based on its strong military that helped it continue to be dominate even with a small population. The education in Sparta helped develop this culture to its dominant state. Did the education system serve the overall best interest of the Spartan people? The education in Sparta did serve the best interest of the Spartan people because their education prepared them for their future, the rigorous military training taught the boys how to adapt to limited resources, and their education also helped them defeat the helots.

The government in Sparta followed a very different coarse than that of the Athenians. It was controlled by an oligarchy in which the power was held by a group of five men called ephors. Working below the ephors was the Council of Elders and an Assembly. Male citizens over age sixty could serve on the Council while anyone, male or female, over the age of twenty could be a member of the Assembly. Though the citizens had little say in the decisions made by the government, the system worked effectively. Over the years, the Spartan's brutal reputation in war grew so great that other nations and city-states were too frightened to attack Sparta even though the Spartan army was no larger then eight thousand men. The Spartan Constitution called for all men to begin their military education at the age of seven, where they were trained to be tough and self-sufficient. Every man in the army fought with a great deal of passion for his country. Life in Sparta may have been rough, but the rest of the Greeks envied the Spartans for their simplicity, straight forwardness, and fanatical dedication. The beliefs of Sparta were oriented around the state. The individual lived and died for the state. The combination of this philosophy, the education of Spartan males, and the discipline of their army gave the Spartans the stability needed to survive in Ancient Greece.

Ancient Greece was comprised of small city-states, of which Sparta and Athens were two. Athens was renowned as a center of wisdom and learning. The people of Athens were interested in arts, music, and intellectual pursuits. Sparta, on the other hand, was recognized for its military strength. A Spartan's life was centered on the state, because he lived and died to serve the state. Although the competing city-states of Sparta and Athens were individually different as well as governmentally diverse, they both managed to become dominating powers in Ancient Greece.

The possesion of land has proved to greatly amplify and draw out several different stereotypes and conflicts between societies in the world 's history. From Many different accounts all over the world today there has always been a dispute over land. However other disputes shadow in that of the colonial New England settlers and the Native Americans, both virtually revolving their lives around this concept of land distribution. For the settlers it meant wealth and prosperity, for the natives it meant staying alive. William Cronon 's book, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, illustrates the differences between these two separate societies and describes what life was like during the period of exploration and settlement in the New World. There are several other facts or opinions that one could take away from this passage, but the three main points are differences in the Colonist and Native conceptions of property, as well as how cultural stereotypes and eventual conflict emerged from mutual understanding of the land and use of property by each group.

Sparta and Athens were both prominent city-states or poleis in Ancient Greece. Sparta, meaning “sown land” or “broom shrub” was also called Lacedaemon and was located on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia on the southeastern Peloponnese. Sparta was a model oligarchy and a very unique city-state because of its social system which was entirely focused on military training. “The Spartans were secretive and anti-intellectual. They rarely let in visitors and left behind few writings. Most modern knowledge of Sparta comes from information preserved by the Ancient Greek writers Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Aristotle, and Plutarch who were not themselves Spartans” (Sacks). Their inhabitants were classified as spartiates (Spartan citizens), mothakes (non-free Spartan men raised as citizens, perioikoi (free men), and helots (non-Spartan serfs and slaves). Sparta was a subject of fascination or disgust for Ancient Greeks. Athens was also a Greek city-state and is one of the oldest cities in the world that has been continuously inhabited for 5,000 years. Athens is named after the Goddess Athena, their patron. Athens stands on what was once a defensible settlement, called an acropolis. Athens was known

Did you know if a baby was born in Sparta and they were disabled they would be left on a hillside to die? Sparta was the best war state and most feared in Greece. Sparta had many great tactics in war such as flanking and round shields to protect themselves from arrows. Sparta was not just a war state, they had pottery, poetry, and architecture to do on the side of war. One of Sparta’s famous artists was Leonidas.

Sparta was ruled by a king or at some point two kings. These two kings were from two separate families of royalty and neither of them had absolute power. The king or kings had to be consulted by the Ephors. The Ephors had a lot of power and authority in the Spartan government. They were a group of five elders, men over the age of 30 who would serve in this position for a year. They had the power to bring up charges against anyone in Sparta, including the king. Unlike Athens who was set on trying to establish a peaceful democratic atmosphere; Sparta was a lot more militaristic and strict. One of the Spartan government’s main priorities was the strength of the Spartan army. They believed that strength, endurance and numbers were a key part in a successful and powerful army. Therefore every Spartan boy at the age of seven would be taken away from their mothers and put into training for the next 13 years.

This distinctive reputation came about through many different ways. A defeat in battle in Tegea 7th C BC may have initiated their fixated focus on the army. Spartans are famous for the agoge; their ‘education system’. Nearly every healthy male child was selected after strict evaluation through the “ test” put in the wild. These young boys then endured years of systematic rigorous brutality and training until they became men, soldiers that were able to fight in the Spartan wars.

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At the age of 7 boys were taken from their families and entered agoge. This program sculpts the boys into warriors. They are beaten and battered by each other, taught not to show pain. This toughness and fearlessness is seen throughout Bernard Knox excerpt. In the document Xerxes sends a man to spy on the Spartans. When he arrives to the camp he is astonished, not by the number of Spartan soldiers but by the lack of uneasiness in the men. Many men were combing there hair as if the culmination of war right around the corner was nothing more than another training exercise. After they had completed agoge around the age of 20 they were given the opportunity to fully become a Spartan solider. They had to be voted in unanimously by their peers. If they were not voted in by age 30 they would not be granted Spartan citizenship. This meant that they could not marry, hold office, or father children. However, the Spartans

Spartan society was dominated. They believed that Military power was the way to provide security and protection for their city. Unhealthy baby boys were left to die. Healthy baby boys were raised to be soldier. Boys and Men in Sparta trained to be Soldiers from birth, they also remained in the army until the age of 60. Girls and women in Sparta had more rights than other Greek women. Sparta was ruled by 2 kings who led the army. They have more slaves than citizens helots grew crops and did other jobs. Boys and Men in Athens worked to improve body and mind. They had physical training but not trash and learning to read, write, sing play instrument. Girl and women in Athens received no education, taught, household task and had very few rights, but after the Persian War ended many City-States formed alliance called the Delian League which protected the Aegean Sea. Alliance’s are agreements to work together. Southern cities created the Peloponnesian League. Sparta declared war on Athens and threatened to tear all of Greece apart, which lead to Spartans invading Athens, surrounded the city and burning crops. Athens used their navy to keep their food steady, but Athens attacked Spartan cities. They fought for 10 years nobody won so they called a truce but Sparta attacked Athens now that they are weak, Sparta won and was in control. Sparta becomes the most

The Spartan State was a militaristic force to be reckoned with, and is famous for the values that were expected of their people. These Spartan values and militaristic system of government is described in a document by Plutarch (45-125 CE) regarding Sparta after the Lycurgian reforms, specifically after

Sparta was, above all, a military state, and emphasis on military fitness began at birth, imprinted through society and the political system. The education of the Spartan male children prove that the military and war was constantly a huge part of Spartan society, and the laws and systems that Sparta was governed by, only enforced the militaristic attitude into the society of Sparta. That the Spartans needed to be ready for war is proved by the discord between the Spartiate and the helots, who outnumbered and under ranked the Spartans.

Sparta is known in the Greek area as Sparti. Sparti is found southern end of the central Laconian plain. With a residents of 100,000 people. They mostly dependent on their agriculture, but they have a really laid back culture. Also when it come to the point of view the have an Oligarchic. Their ethnic is Descendants of the Dorian invaders. Plus they believe in girl getting their