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    Sparta is one of the many city-states of Ancient Greece. This civilization was sought out to be one of the most powerful, and no one took their weaknesses into account. Sparta had abused most of their civilians, even their own children were. This civilization had even gone as far as to punish their young boys as well as many other civilians, as well as some ceremonies that endangered their lives This type of abuse had only gone so far. The Spartans had also banned all forms of foreign education,

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    three centuries before the classical age, between 800 B.C. and 500 B.C.—a relatively sophisticated period in world history (History.com Staff). Sparta and Athens are very distinct early Greek city states. In early Greece, many citizens had easy access to water above all things. Both city states have many differences despite the developing of both. Sparta and Athens differ in many ways including geographic, economy, government,  education, women and military differences.     Geographically,

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    city-state of Sparta was infamous for many things. Sparta was known for its powerful army, strict guidelines, and eccentric values. Due to these unique characteristics, residents of Sparta had to keep up to continue its legacy. Being a resident of Sparta meant taking numerous risks yet for reasonable causes. These risks were taken for the progression of the city state. Risks included krypteia mindlessly killing Helots to prevent them from rebelling. Despite this lack of respect for human life, Sparta had atoned

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    the Peloponnese peninsula Began to grow. This city-state is Sparta that bagan has just a cluster of houses on the Evrotas River.The boys would go to Military School from 8 to 20 years in age, practicing the Phalanx and other Military practices, the Men were ready to fight.In 431 BCE, Sparta and Athens broke out in a 25-year war known as the Peloponnesian War.In the end, Sparta did win against Athens, but both of them had suffered.In Sparta the weaknesses outweighs the strengths because the Helots the

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    Sparta Vs. Athens

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    Sparta and Athens were both prominent city-states in Greece. Their culture, and political policies, however, couldn't be more different. Sparta had monarchical elements in their government. 2 kings ruled in Sparta, and leadership was mainly hereditary. Sparta's focus was on its military strength; They formed the academy system, whose goal was to train an elite fighting force, starting with boys at age 7. Conversely, Athens' focus was on its culture and trade. Athens desired constant change and improvement;

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    Sparta Swot Analysis

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    themselves up to crumble to the ground. One example is Sparta, Sparta lacked many many things to be a successful society, which is why they only lasted 300 years. Sparta lacked education, they abused their children, and took them away to harsh army training at such a young age. Sparta banned all foreign education from their city-state, and they only taught reading and writing for purely practical reasons, they also never let in any foreign teachers into Sparta to teach. They abused their children too, every

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    Why Is Sparta Strong

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    Sparta was a small country. And with only 8,000 men in the army, it was unlikely to be strong. However, believe it or not, Sparta was one of the most powerful city - state in Greece in continuously many years, despite the fact that Athens, another impressive city state, was existing. So what makes Sparta so strong? What makes that very small country being that powerful? One answer is in the the system of agoge, or could be called as Sparta military school. However, many people think that the Agoge

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    In class we learned about both Athens and Sparta. Athens and Sparta were perhaps the two famous and powerful cities in the Ancient Greece time. Athens and Sparta both had their differences with getting along with the rest of the Country. Athens was more of a symbol for freedom, art, and democracy in the conscience of the civilized world. Sparta was more of the Dorian Greek military state; it was considered as the protector of Greece it provided large numbers of soldiers to Greece for many years Athens

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    Sparta was a city-state that focused on its military and strength. Living in Sparta is very harsh and it is not similar to any countries in the 21st century. All they cared about was protection and strength in their army which is why their weaknesses outweigh their strengths. If a baby was born, they would only stay with their parents for the first four years and then they would leave for training, This shows that Sparta was a really harsh place to live and the children would grow up and most likely

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    fear and anxiety Sparta felt. It was because Athens was getting bigger and having prosperity, and so Sparta got afraid of it because they thought that their governmental aspects and governing styles might have been changed Athens. Sparta showed her reasons like that Athens’ had three movements, which were the issues Spartans did not like and approve. They were Potidaea’s siege, helping Corcyra against Corinth, and imposing an embargo on Megara. It is very interesting that Sparta won this war that

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