difference between sparta and athens (2)
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By: Felicia Blackwell,
Meghan Coyle and Melina
Behnke
Sparta and Athens are both located near the Aegean Sea.
Sparta is a plain between the Aegean Sea and mountains.
Athens is located in a region called Attica, and lies near the Aegean Sea.
Sparta
Athens
•Olive oil
•Meat
•Goat cheese
•Barley&wheat
Though Sparta did trade, they did not rely on it.
•Pottery
•Olive Oil
•Bronze
•Wine
Sparta was a little different from other
Greek city-states because……..
Women had more freedom,
and led more active lives. This
would improve their physical
strength.
Sparta also had slaves…
But they belonged to the city as a whole, not individual families.
Spartan’s also didn’t have
a “normal” education….
Their idea of education was to create a strong
warrior.
Women were Women were taught reading taught reading
and writing and writing skills thoughskills though
Spartan’s were proud, fierce, and capable
warriors.
Athenians were also proud, because they
thought of themselves as the
“shining star” of the Greek city-states.
Most homes had female slaves too….
Women didn’t have the same freedoms as
Sparta, because girls had to marry who their
father chose,
And instead of being taught how to read
and write…..
Girls were taught house skills.
It was primarily based on trade
They traded with other city-states, along with some civilizations in the Mediterranean
Athenians bought and sold goods at
the Agora
and they made their own coins
The Spartan The Spartan economy mainly economy mainly relied on farming relied on farming and conqueringand conquering
Spartan’s discouraged trade
because they believed that as a
result…..
there would be new ideas which
would lead to
Corruption and weaken the government
Sparta did not use coins
they used iron bars instead
Sparta AthensPeloponnesian War Peloponnesian WarThe Messian Wars The Persian WarPersian War The Battle of Marathon
• Warriors
• Slaves
• Aristocrats
• 2 Kings (usually)
• Helots
•Farming
•Weavers
•Trading
•Merchants
Athens had a Direct
Government
while Sparta had an Oligarchy
In Sparta, girls went to school to learn how to fight.
The boys were trained to become
warriors.
During training the children were little food.
They were encouraged to steal food, but if they were
caught they would get punished.
Athenian boys went to school at age 7.
The girls were taught at
home by there mothers.
Athens was famed for commitment for arts and
science.
Sparta and Athens worshipped all the same Gods.
They both practiced Paganism.
In many ways Sparta and Athens were alike
but they were also different in many ways too