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THIS IS SPARTA
 One of the first great Greek
city-states
 Called themselves
“Spartans”
 Conquered their neighbors
for their land
 Created a “military state”
to protect the fertile lands
of the Peloponnesian
Peninsula
SPARTAN EDUCATION
 Boys lived in barracks
from age seven
 Taught discipline,
duty, strength, military
skill; little reading
 All male citizens
entered army at age
20, served until 60
SPARTAN WOMEN
 Emotionally, physically
tough; were taught strength,
athletics
 Family life less important;
husbands, wives usually
apart
 More freedom than
elsewhere, allowed to own
property
Come home with your shield; or
come home being carried on your
shield
GOVERNMENT
 Two kings ruled Sparta
(Oligarchy); five elected
supervisors ran
government
 Council of Elders
proposed laws
 Assembly of citizens
elected officials, voted on
Council’s laws
ATHENS
 One of the first great Greek citystates
 The intellectual center of Greece
 One of the oldest cities in the world
(3,000 years)
 Named after Athena, the Greek
goddess of wisdom
 Individuals should be free as long
as they acted within the laws of
Greece
ATHENIAN EDUCATION
 Boys of wealthy families
started school at age six
or seven
 Also studied reading,
writing, poetry, arithmetic,
music
 Girls learned the skills
necessary to be a good
wife
ATHENIAN WOMEN
 Expected to be good
wives, mothers; some
were priestesses
 Had less freedom than
in Sparta—did not
attend school
 Only inherited property
if father had no sons
ATHENIAN GOVERNMENT
 First societies to establish
democracy
 Athens had two governing
bodies
 Council of Four Hundred ran
daily life
 Assembly voted on policies
 Citizens had to serve in
army, on juries when needed
CLASS ASSIGNMENT
 Create a double-bubble map
 Writing:
 How did the Greek city-states
of Athens and Sparta differ?
How are they the same?
 50+ words