Transcript Athens and Sparta

Athens and Sparta
Global I * Mr. McEntarfer * HSLPS
Aim: How can we compare and contrast the
Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta?
• Do Now: How do these two statues differ?
Macedonia
Greece
Asia Minor
Aegean
Sea
Athens
Sparta
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Peloponnesian Peninsula
Athens's Government
direct democracy
 people play a direct role in
government
 adult males became citizens
 slaves women and foreigners played
no part
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Sparta’s Government
► Military
Dictatorship/oligarchy
► power lies in the hands of a few elite
Which statue
represents Sparta
and which
represents
Athens? Explain.
Athenian Religion
• Polytheistic – Greek gods acted human
and intervened with life on Earth.
Spartan Religion
• Polytheistic – Greek gods acted human
and intervened with life on Earth.
How did the Greeks use their
religion to explain the world
around them?
Women
 Athenian Women
 could own no property except their clothes,
jewelry and slaves
 confined to homes
 must be accompanied by a man outside house
 Spartan Women
 Could own property and were the head of the
house and business. Men were forced into the
military at age 7 and were rarely home giving
women more freedom and power.
Which civilization
would you rather live
in if you were a
woman?
Art
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Athens: Art was encouraged and desirable
Education focused heavily on the arts and
Athenians produced much of the great art of
the era.
Sparta: Artistic expression was forbidden
because it was believed to interfere with
military business
Education
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Athens:
Girls educated at home
6-7 boys: taught at home
7 to 14: neighborhood school
subjects taught: drama, public speaking, reading,
writing, math, science, philosophy and music.
Sparta:
trained for warfare
Began training at age of seven
lived in army barracks most their lives
Respected strength, discipline and equality
forbade luxuries
Sports
• All Greek city-states met in
Olympia to perform in the
Olympics. Physical prowess was
encouraged and a sign of
greatness.
Economy
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Athens:
Overseas trade, commerce
traded for food
Created overseas colonies
• Sparta:
• agriculture based
• Were against trade namely to prevent cultural
diffusion
• Slaves called Helots worked the land
Why did many Greek
city-states rely on
trade for food?
Slavery
 Athens:
had slaves who were usually captured
in war or just people who owed money.
 Sparta:
The Spartans enslaved the Helots who
were the early settlers of Peloponnesus. They
outnumbered the Spartans and fear of them
revolting is what encouraged Spartan society
to become a military state.
How did slavery in
Sparta and Athens
differ?
Essay
• Question: Which society would you rather
live in: Athens or Sparta? Explain your
answer in a paragraph using examples
from the class.