Download SPARTA

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: OLIGARCHY
-TO OBTAIN MORE LAND, SPARTANS CONQUERED AND
ENSLAVED THEIR NEIGHBORS, CALLING THEM HELOTS.
-TO KEEP HELOTS FROM REBELLING, SPARTANS CREATED A
STRONG MILITARY OF BOYS AND MEN.
-BOYS ENTERED THE MILITARY AT AGE 7.
-AT AGE 20, MEN ENTERED THE REGULAR ARMY AND
LIVED IN THE BARRACKS FOR 10 YEARS. AT AGE 30, THEY
RETURNED HOME.
-MEN SERVED IN THE ARMY UNTIL AGE 60.
-SPARTAN GIRLS WERE TRAINED IN SPORTS TO
BECOME HEALTHY MOTHERS AND WERE MORE FREE
THAN OTHER GREEK WOMEN.
-WOMEN IN SPARTA COULD OWN PROPERTY.
-THE SPARTAN GOVERNMENT WAS AN OLIGARCHY
CONTAINING TWO KINGS, AN ASSEMBLY AND A
COUNCIL OF ELDERS.
-THE GOVERNMENT DISCOURAGED TRAVEL AND
TRADE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER ITS
COUNTRY.
-THE GOVERNMENT WANTED THE PEOPLE TO FOCUS
ON MILITARY STRENGTH INSTEAD OF LITERATURE AND
ART.
ATHENS
- BOYS IN ATHENS WENT TO SCHOOL TO READ,
WRITE AND LEARN MATH. BOYS FINISHED
SCHOOL AT 18 AND BECAME CITIZENS.
- ATHENIAN GIRLS LEARNED HOUSEHOLD
DUTIES FROM THEIR MOTHERS. SOME
WEALTHY GIRLS LEARNED TO READ AND
WRITE.
- GIRLS COULD NOT ATTEND SCHOOL.
• CLEISTHENES TURNED ATHENS FROM AN
OLIGARCHY TO A DEMOCRACY.
• THE ASSEMBLY WAS GIVEN POWER TO MAKE
LAWS.
• A COUNCIL OF 500 CITIZENS VOTED ON LAWS.
• TO BE AN ATHENIAN CITIZEN, YOU…
– HAD TO BE A MALE
– HAD TO OWN PROPERTY
– BOTH PARENTS FROM ATHENS
– COULD NOT BE A SLAVE