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    Ancient Greece is known for its two rival city-states, Athens and Sparta. It was the strengths of these two societies that brought the ancient world to its heights in art, culture and with the defeat of the Persians, warfare. With Athens and Sparta fighting for power and territory, it brought about the Peloponnesian wars that lasted thirty years, leaving the two city-states in their own shadows. The classical era was helped shaped from the works of Homer, The Illiad and The Odyssey, that in a way

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    The most radical views were on the subject of women. In Ancient Greece the majority of city-states sited with the views of Athens on the matter. All but one, the outsider was Sparta. Thought this essay, it will investigate question, what are some similarities and differences of the role of women in ancient Athens and Sparta? Though the following topics of: Marriage, freedoms and isolation, and last of all politics and land. “The ancient Greeks believed the purpose of being female was to be married

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    Despite being over a thousand years old, Ancient Greece is a culture that influences the minds of modern day humans from around the world. At their time, Greece was considered to be the finest place to receive an education and be enlightened by philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. One could learn the Pythagorean Theorem, Hippocratic Oath, or the Socratic Method. But perhaps the greatest gift a man could receive from his government was democracy. Unlike other empires where a citizen’s

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    Analyzing Ancient Athens’ So Called Democracy Ancient Athens could be defined as a period of time roughly around 330 BC where democracy and its meaning and purpose were called into question. Democracy, otherwise known in Greek as demokratia, is defined per root as “rule by the people”. Struggling to find a fair and civil way to rule the government, many rules were called into question as to whether they were truly lawful and fair. In the end, the Athenian constitution was written in a way where

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    Athens and Sparta are city-states located in Greece. In 5th Century BCE, Sparta and Athens were the two main powers in Greece. However, these two City-States are completely different, and their power is derived from two totally different elements. Sparta's power came from their military strength, and the fact that they could, and did, conquer everything around them. Athens power came from the large bodies of water that surrounded them. Athens was one of the most skillful areas areas in Europe, always

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    Athenians adopted democracy in around the fifth century. The Athenian woman had very few rights in Athens there was not much that they could do by themselves. By adopting democracy, it did absolutely nothing for the woman in Athens with no cultural change, because it did not change anything that they could do, they couldn't vote, leave their house without their husband ects... It was a minority, the Athenian women foreigners and slaves had no influence or say for their civil rights. Men held a very

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    Women of Ancient Greece Ancient Greece was a collection of individual sovereign City-States who shared a common vernacular and similar religious beliefs and rituals, rather than a united nation. Although many theories exist, we know very little for sure about the influence, importance, and status held by women in ancient Greece; in the home, socially, and politically. However, through some collections of poems and other works of art and literature we are given a brief insight as to the expectations

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    Camrin Newcomb Tue/08/15 Mr.Martin Ancient Athens founded Democracy but where they really a Democracy? Athens was a Democracy because, sense they created Democracy then it is what they want it to be. For example, if you created the word “Welcome” and that word meant nothing in that point in time, then wouldn't you be able to use that word anyway you want and no one could argue it isn’t what you want to be. So if Athens created Democracy wouldn’t it be what they wanted it to be. I read in Document

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    There are several reasons why ancient Athens was not truly Democratic. In Document A, it distinctly states “ Our constitution favors the many instead of the few,’’ however if that were so, why could only twelve percent of the population vote (Document C). Plato, a wise philosopher, concluded that women should have the same education and withhold all positions in society (Guided Reading Activity 1-2 question 10). A dispute that even the American government had to fix back in the 1920s (Amendment

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    unified but they did create one of the world’s most remarkable cultural eras. The most important city-states of Ancient Greece was Sparta and Athens. Both of these city-states shared similar characteristics such as both would remain the foundation for the Greek political world. Both Athens and Sparta had a similar government system. Their members were elected by the people. Athens is said to be the of democracy. Athenians were educated(except girls) but they never knew much about brute force, unlike

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