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Warring City-States

All you need to know about Athens and Sparta.

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Polis a Greek city (civilized)
How were they ruled? one of 3 forms of government: monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy
Agora = public center (men conducted business)
Acropolis fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city-state (men conducted business)-
Phalanx most powerful fighting formation in the Greek world, when a group of solders stand next to each other and move in unison holding various weapons to defeat the enemy.
How would the ability to own weapons change the outlook of ordinary citizens? : individual citizens would tend to feel more confident and personally responsible for defending the city states. They might even demand a share in government themselves.
Compare Sparta to Athens Sparta: 1. Valued strength and discipline 2. Lacked imagination 3. Women had rights )since bore warriors) Athens: 1. Valued individuality, beauty, and freedom 2. Eager to learn new ideas valued education 3. Women’s life centered around home and family
Helots= a peasant who is bound to the land (had to work the land) o every year the Messenians had to give half their crops to Spartans
What age boys did Sparta start training? 7 and trained till 30
Draco’s law code favored rich which caused a rift between rich and poor
Solan's reform  1. Any citizen could bring charges against wrong-doers  2. Citizens could participate and debate policies in the Athenian Assembly
Cleisthenes reform  1. He worked to make Athens a full Democracy (power of the ppl) by reorganizing the Assembly to break up the power of the nobility  2. Also created the council of 500 This proposed laws and counseled Assembly
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