Athens vs. Sparta - Carden of Tucson!
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Athens vs.
Sparta
(part 1)
Chapter 4, Sect. 2
(pg. 124-131)
Tyranny in City-States!
Life in the city-states became difficult.
Small farm owners were unhappy being under
the rule of Nobles
Farmers were in massive debt to their Noble.
But they had no power or say in government.
Soon Tyrants came into power.
Tyrants in the City-States
Tyrant: ruler who takes power by force and
rules with harsh, oppressive authority.
Tyrants became popular by building markets,
temples, and walls.
But Greeks did not want to be ruled by one
person.
Fall of the Tyrants
By 500 bc, Tyrants were no longer popular
Most of Greece became either:
An Oligarchy: Where a few ppl hold power
A Democracy: All citizens share in running the
gov.
Sparta
Spartans focused on Military Skills to control
the people they conquered.
Helots: Sparta’s captive workers
Spartans thought helots might rebel someday
So they trained their men and boys for war.
Sparta’s Men
Age 7: Boys left homes to live in barracks.
Treated harshly to make them tough.
Age 20: Spartan Men entered the regular army
Lived and ate with other soldiers.
Black Broth: Meal of pork boiled in animal blood
Age 30: Men went home to live but stayed in army
Never Surrender- Win or Die!
Sparta’s Girls
Girls trained in Sports
Running, Wrestling, Javelin Throw
Stayed fit to become healthy mothers
Wives lived at home while Men lived in barracks.
Result: Spartan Women freer than others, could
own property, and go where they wanted to.
Sparta’s Government
An Oligarchy: Where a few people hold power.
Two kings headed a council of elders: 28 citizens
over the age of 60.
All Spartan men over 30 were part of the
Assembly.
Assembly voted on the council’s laws & voted on
Ephors: Men who enforced laws and managed tax
collection.
Spartan Government
Government discouraged foreign visitors, and
travel abroad for any reason other than military
Did this to keep people from questioning the
Spartan way of life.
Spartans kept control for 250 years, but fell
behind other Greeks in trade.
Their focus on Military kept them from science
and other subjects.
Assignment
1) Answer #3 on pg. 130 of the section 2 review.
2) Write an Elephant Paragraph on the lifestyle of
Spartan Men.
Remember to use the Elephant Paragraph format:
- Introduction sentence
- Supporting information sentence
- Supporting information sentence
- Outside information sentence
- Concluding sentence