Battle of Thermopylae

There are two civilizations that were established in “Before Christ” (B.C.) out of many, they were Greece and China. Greece was established around 2000 B.C. by the Mycenaean and China was established around the 21st century B.C. which was the Xia Dynasty. Each of these civilizations have their similarities and differences. Three of the major similarities each of these cities have are government, army, and culture, even though they have that in common when you go into full detail they have a lot of

In Sparta the right to live and be considered someone who can be part of the community took years and tremendous amounts of strength. Only men were considered to have any say and it didn't come easy to them. A man must be considered fit and not be born with any defects and a woman must be in great health and able to bear many sons. Any child born that was not considered to have these qualities would be cast out into the ravine and killed. Boys from the age of seven to eighteen would train and be

with the politics and governmental structure of the Roman Empire. For instance, the last great battle

The Bone Wars was a rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh and was also known as “The Great Dinosaur Rush.” This dinosaur rush was during the gilded age of American history with the discovery of over 140 new species of dinosaurs being described and discovered. These two men started as friends strangely enough and ending as bitter enemies with little to no money to their names. The Bone Wars covered a period of 15 years from 1877 to 1892. These two paleontologists ended

Frank Miller’s 300 the movie is probably the few adaptations of comic books to films that has managed to stay true to the original source and the success the movie 300 made globally is a testament of such, however in every successful film there is always the downsides of it especially if the original source is a comic book and therefore there is the expectations between the comic reader audience and the cinema audience. It is true that 300, though it has captured the concept of its graphic novel

Sparta is an old Greek city, and it was known mostly for its remarkable military. The reason it was known mostly for its military is that at the age of seven boys would start their education, which was not reading and writing but instead it was training and getting physically fit for the military. Even though the military was composed of boys the girls still had to be physically fit. The family life in Sparta was not traditional: they encouraged marriage, but the men were rarely home because they

Herodotus Portrays Leonidas and the Spartans as brave and strong throughout the text because Leonidas is a Greek descent as well as Herodotus himself. In the reading of The History of Herodotus, one of the first things Herodotus states is Leonidas’ ancestors. He states, “Now Leonidas was the son of Anaxandridas, who was the son of Leo, who was the son of Eurycratidas, who was the son of Anaxander, who was the son of Eurycrates...who was the son of Hyllus, who was the son of Hercules. Leonidas had

The Warrior Ethos Steven Pressfield Quite a daunting read, The Warrior Ethos by retired Marine Steven Pressfield, is a short, non-fiction book based off of the Warrior Ethos of the Ancient Spartan People. Although it is not probable that there will be another organization that comes remotely close to comparing to the Spartans, this book does serve as a good leadership tool for men and women who serve, but also for non-military members who are looking to upheld a set of values to enhance the purpose

Marimar Perez History 101 Sparta valued physical strength, military strength and emotional strength. It was very important for them to have a strong military. It was so important, that they would kill new born babies if they had any disabilities that would prevent them from being part of the military or helping it in any way. They would take the boy from a young age of 7 to start training. These boys were faced with many difficult tasks such as having to walk barefoot and deprivation to make them

behind their walls and did not directly meet the Spartans while they despoiled Attica, it’s is fair to say that the Spartans had gotten into the minds of the Athenians. This simple strategy of attack risked very little but gained so much. In the second year of the war, Athens was struck by a terrible plague. Going to close to Athens exposed the Spartans to contracting the disease. If that happened it is fair to say that the end of Sparta campaign would have been inevitable. After overwhelming