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    The Spartan Warriors Essay

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    supply, the Spartans turned to their bordering country Messenia. In the eighth century B.C. the Spartans conquered the Messenians and set up a new type of social system. The Messenians would work the soil to supply the Spartans with the food supply, which would leave the dominating class available for a life of military training. The Messenians outnumbered the Spartans and without a strong hold the lower-class citizens would eventually overtake them by physical force. The Spartan ruler and soldier

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    Spartan Cultural Beliefs

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    complete center of life, it found its way into the culture of the Spartan people inevitably. Spartan people had the mindset that they as a whole collectively needed to be ready for battle, and this differed from the Athenian mindset, causing both to become very much the enemies of each other. Sparta’s cultural beliefs contributed to their rise to power due to their cultural values and education. How does your topic help create the Spartan individual-collectivist mindset that catapulted this city-state

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    Dbq Spartan Education

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    Spartan education: Did the strengths outweigh the weaknesses? Sparta’s strong education helped their city-state but it hurt Sparta in more ways. The Spartan education had some good ideas but there were more bad ideas about it. It was a risk to use that way of education because they would get strong but they could die in the process. That’s a weakness. People have been wondering did the strengths outweigh the weaknesses in the spartan education. I think no because there are way more weaknesses than

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    Spartan Military The Spartan army was one of the most powerful armies in the ancient world. When Spartan boys were babies they were looked over by The Council Of Elders to see if they were strong enough to be Warriors. At the age of 7, the boys had to leave home to start there military training. The boys were forced to fight each other (which could cause violence). They also became skilled at stealing food, and at other survival skills. The teenage boys who demonstrated the most leadership,

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    Essay On Spartan Women

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    out that, “Because Spartan women were married at the age of 18, they have lots of times to spend for education. They learned reading, writing and other "mousike" skill, likes music, dancing and poetry.” In Sparta, the slaves did the domestic work. In regards to the Spartan women and physical education, it was a huge part of their lives. They were as well trained physically as the men. These women were to become strong and fit. Sara B. Pomeroy also stated that, “Exercise for Spartan women was seen as

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    Spartan Social Roles

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    Government and Social Roles The Spartan social roles and government were very exquisite, proper and always knows their positions. At the bottom of the scale there where the Helots. The helots had so little to no rights that it was okay if their owners killed them. The helots were usually obtained or captured by the Spartans when out in battle. Helots were used as property and served their masters. Except they were not following what the man said. They followed what the women said due to the fact

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    Spartan Plastic Limited

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    Spartan Plastic LimitedCase StudyProblem Statement:Spartan Plastics Canada Limited is a subsidiary of Spartan International U.S.A. Spartan manufactured extruded plastic parts. Mr. David Angove was the vice-president of the company. It is a small company with only 50 employees, the company manufacturing process is complex, since the company had been improved the manufacturing process from the original to modified, there are still many problems appearing in the company. The main problem for the company

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    Freedom Of Spartan Women

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    Greek city-states such as Athens. Ancient Women’s historian Sarah Pomeroy writes in her book Spartan Women, “We know little about Spartan women, but it is not so readily conceded that we do not actually know much about Spartan men either.” What we do know is that Spartan women were known for their natural beauty, and also that they were forbidden from wearing any kind of makeup or enhancements. Spartan women were provided education most, unlike most other city-states. They were not able to have

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    Spartan Economy Essay

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    Spartan economy was a socialist economy or at least similar to one. Our views and ideology are uncannily analogous to the socialist countries of today. Our socialist oligarchy allowed for stability and predictability and the division of labor granted for their military excellence and feeling of luxury. They didn’t use standard money, but iron bars, and a common theory states that they used iron bars because it was much harder to pilfer, and you would need much iron to be valuable, it would be inefficient

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    routine duties. In Sparta, war was daily. The Spartans are ranked number two, on the most terrifying civilizations (Nicholson). This is because, the Spartan society revolved almost entirely around its military. In an effort to ensure the maximum possible strength of its army, the Spartan government required male children to begin military training at seven years old (Child Soldiers in History). If a baby or child happened to be weak, the Spartans left the child on a hillside or the child was made

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