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xF097 city states xF097 Spartans lived in harsh conditions without luxuries to make them tough fighters xF097 There is much less information about the Spartans than the other Greek ci. A comparative analysis of two City-States. Mrs. Flores. WHAP!. Early Athens. With the Emergence of early Athens: 800-400 B.C.E.. Rise of Democracy during the 5. th. century . Monarchies forced aside by the Aristocratic class: Gave rise to the Oligarchs in the early 500’s. Sparta. The most powerful state in Greece in the Archaic period (much of the Classical period). Panhellenism. assures similarities:. Polytheism, patriarchy, slaves, agriculture, . arete. in battle, etc.. Greece. Sparta was an ancient Greek polis that was . surrounded . by enemies, so Spartan citizens began preparing for war at birth. . Sparta Ancient . Greece. Spartan . rulers examined newborn babies to determine if they were healthy and . .. 6.50 Compare and contrast the status of women and slaves between . . . . Athens . and Sparta.. Sparta: a military society. The city-state of Sparta was located on the Peloponnesus Peninsula in southern Greece. Sparta’s economy was based on agriculture. . Sparta. Early on, Sparta was like many other Greek city-states. War in and out of the city changed everything. Changes turned Sparta into a war machine. Thought was to put the city’s needs above your own. Spartans Build a Military Society. Spartan society was dominated by the military. According to Spartan tradition, their social system was created between 900 and 600 BC by a man named Lycurgus (. ly. Chapter 10 . Section 4. Introduction . Life was simple in Sparta. Most decisions were made for you. If you were a Spartan boy, the state would take you from your family at the age of seven.. You would spend more than 20 years training for and serving in the professional army.. . About 715 B.C., Sparta conquered a neighboring area to gain land. This conquest changed Sparta. The Spartans forced the defeated people to become slaves called helots. They worked mostly on farms and had to give the Spartans half their crops. The helots rebelled many times. Although they greatly outnumbered the Spartans and fought hard, the Spartans put down the revolts. Fear of these revolts led Sparta to become a state that focused on everything building a strong army. . GOVERNMENT. ATHENS. Athens was a democracy with 2 main governing bodies.. COUNCIL (The Boule). Your research showed two numbers for this. The Council of 400 was later made into 500.. RESPONSIBILITIES: The council took care of the day to day problems/issues in Athens. They were in charge of government workers and they dealt with ambassadors from other Greek city-states and decided which issues would go before the assembly. . ‘ . If Lacedaemon were ever laid waste and there remained only the foundations of the temples and public buildings, those born into a world of the far future would find it difficult to believe that the power of Sparta had deserved its reputation.”. Mainland Greece is a . peninsula. There are hundreds of . islands. offshore. Mountains and rocky soil. 2. Mountains. Mountains. made it hard to travel. 3. How did they make their living?. Natural harbors made it . th Grade UBD - Unit 6 - Greek Political Systems. Preview. Experimenting with Government. -. Greek city-states tried many different types of government. . Athenian Democracy. -. Democracy in Athens was different from modern democracies. However, its basic ideas are still seen today in governments around the world.. The Greek Polis: What is a Polis?. POLIS. a Greek city-state.. *. What is a city-state?*. . ACROPOLIS. a citadel on top of a hill. . AGORA. town marketplace.. What purpose did the acropolis serve?. Copy down the following . words. Next to each word, write another English word that includes the underlined portion and what you think the underlined root means. astro. nomy. bio. logy. ortho. dox. horo.