essentially powerful among other. They are Athens and Sparta. These two city-states were the reason that the ancient Greece was globally recognized. Although both of these states share a similarity in how they existed or originated, however, there are several differences in how they lived. While the city of Athens was a cultural and economic stronghold in Greece, and fundamentally regarded as the birthplace of western democracy, the opposite was the case in Sparta. Sparta was a society that breeds warriors
Michael Pudlin Professor E September 25, 2014 Athens or Sparta? Lover or fighter? These two incredible and ancient city states seemed to invent the saying "keep your friends close and your enemies even closer". These two competed in every aspect of life differing in things such as their religious beliefs, their economical everyday life and the way they ran their military. Just as every competition has a victor, Athens takes the gold. The Athenian way of life was better less stressful
Compare and Contrast Essay The Effects of the Political Systems of Athens and Sparta on Common Citizens Ancient Greece was made up of fiercely independent city-states, or poleis. Two of the most significant city-states were Athens and Sparta. Athens, home of some of the most important philosophers, is famous for being the cradle of democracy. On the other hand, Sparta, the polis with some of the best warriors in Ancient Greece, was an oligarchy with two kings. Naturally, these two different political
The political systems of ancient Greece’s Spartan and Athenian societies stood opposite to each other. Where Sparta was ruled by the few in an Oligarchy, Athens developed the humanities’ first democracy. This paper compares and contrasts some of the differences between these two Greek powers during the Archaic and Classical periods (800-323 BCE). Historical Background On one side was Sparta, a warrior society that focused on land-based armies and agriculture on Southern Greece’s Peloponnesus peninsula
EWH: Ancient Greece: Study Guide Any and all of these items may appear on the test. If it is not on this list it will not be on the test as a regular question, only potentially as a bonus question. You may create one double sided 3” x 5” notecard for the test. 1. How far did Alexander the Great’s Empire reach? Alexander the Great’s Empire reached from Greece to the Indus River. 2. What did Greek architecture seek to reflect? Greek architecture seeks to reflect perfect balance and universal harmony
Greece was originally a monarchy, but later on, Athens, one of the city states of Greece, started the first ever democracy. Greece was also set up as individual towns called city states. The five most powerful city-states were Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Megara, and Argos. Persia was always a monarchy. In Persia, there were 20 provinces and each province was called Satrapies, and their governors
Compare and contrast the historical method of Thucydides with EITHER Herodotus OR Polybius. Thucydides and Herodotus are the original fathers of Greek Historiography and are considered the first two historians. Herodotus when compared to Thucydides the other Greek giant of historiography has been considered inferior by comparison. Both Thucydides and Herodotus discuss wars; Herodotus ‘The Histories” covers the Persian War wheresle Thucydides covers the “History of the Peloponnesian War”. This is