Sparta

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Sparta

• By Conor Shea

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Table Of Contents
Education
Geography
History
Wars
Gods
War Tech.
Food
Farming
Hunting
Women
Links
Money
Slaves
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History of Sparta

• Sparta is located on the southern Pelloponesus,
  and was founded during the Dorian invasions. The
  Dorians held tight rule which relegated the
  native citizens, and classified them as serfs.
  Sparta was a place, where strict rule was held
  over the city, and its people.

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Geography

• Sparta is in a very mountainous region. This
  made it hard for enemies to invade them. They
  would always have a huge home field advantage.

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Education in Sparta

• Spartan boys left their mothers the young
  age of seven to live in barracks with other
  Spartan boys. They lived in the barracks till
  they were 20. They were under constant
  surveillance. Even if there master was away a
  random citizen would take over and rule them in
  any way he wanted to. He would also punish them
  as he saw fit. This way the boys would learn to
  respect any rulers.

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GODS Of SPARTA

• They had all the normal Greek gods. They
  praised Zeus, Demeter and all other Greek gods.

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WARS

• There were many wars in Spartan History. They
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• First Messenian War 743 - 724 BC
• Second Messenian War 685 - 668 BC
• Argos The war of six hundred
• Wars with Tegea
• The Persian Wars
• Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC
• Battle of Plataea 479 BC
• The Peloponnesian war I 431 - 421 BC
• The Peloponnesian war II 415 - 404 BC
• Expedition in Asia
• Battle of Koronea 394 BC
• Occupation of Thebes
• The battle of Leuctra 371 BC
• The battle of Mantinea 362 BC
• The end of Sparta

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WAR TECH.

• The Spartans had no war ships because they
  were not close to the any water. Instead they
  would use hoplites and brute strength, mixed with
  good planning, to win battles. The Spartans had
  extreme loyalty to their leader to the point that
  they would gladly die for said leader. This was
  a huge advantage to the Spartans.

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FOOD

• The Spartans had many eating habits that
  involved religion. For example they never ate
  meat unless it had been sacrificed to a god, or
  had been hunted in the wild. They also thought
  that different foods were from different gods.
  They tended to think of the god Dionysus whenever
  they drank wine. They thought of Demeter when
  they ate bread and grain. They ate vegetables a
  lot and olive oil.

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Hunting

• Hunting was the Spartans main way of getting
  meat. They would ride on horse back and use a
  bow and arrow to kill there prey. They also used
  dogs to help them. Another way of hunting was by
  using spears and nets. The Spartans always ate
  the animals that they killed even if they were
  hunting more for sport.

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Farming

• All places in Greece used farming. In Sparta
  they would grow Wheat, barley, millet and rye.
  Spartans also grew trees. They grew, Olive trees
  and grapevines.

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The Woman's role

• Women learned to run the house in Sparta.
  There husbands were usually gone fighting in a
  war, so the women had to keep everything running
  smoothly. Women also learned how to spin and
  weave at a young age.

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Slaves

• Although the Spartans did a ton of back
  breaking work. They like all Greek states used
  slaves to do much of the work. Slaves were an
  excepted commodity that all Greeks used.

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Money

• The Spartans didnt use a lot of money. They
  often used what they had to trade for other
  goods. They did use some money though, and it
  probably looked like this.

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Links

• http//www.historyforkids.org
• http//www.tombraider4u.com/ancient-sparta.shtml

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