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Who gave women the most freedom Athens or Sparta?
Well in Sparta, women didnt have much rights but had more freedom than women in Athens so you can say Sparta
Did women have more rights in either of the city-states Sparta or Athens?
The women of Sparta had rights, participating in sports and open lifestyle, compared with Athenian women who were kept in purdah in the home rearing children and working in the house and garden.
Why do Sparta women have more freedom then Athens women?
Because spartin women were admired more than Athens women,
Do women in Sparta have more freedom than the women in Athens?
yes.
What were the differences between life in Sparta and life in Athens?
Athens was under democracy and Sparta was under oligarchy. Men in Athens enjoyed more freedom and were very involved in politics Men in Sparta were forced to train in the military from the age of seven. Many had a harsh lifestyle, training until the age of thirty. Women, however were better off in Sparta because when their men were away at training, they had to run the household, so they have a lot of rights whereas in Athens, women were confined to the houses
How were the government of Sparta and Athens different?
Athens's finnancial differences from Sparta were that Sparta had alot more gold and Athens had alot more credit.
What were some of the differences between how the woman were treated in Sparta versus Athens?
Spartan women lived a life of reasonable eqality with the men, however they did not serve in the army or political life. Athenian women were kept in virtual purdah - kept at home on domestic tasks and getting out for an occasional womens' religious festival.
Did women in Sparta or Athens have more rights?
Women is Sparta had more rights than women in athens. For example: women in Sparta could inherite property while women in Athens could not. Women in Athens were also opressed... they had children and were expected to be a good house wife, being a weaver or potter. Women in Sparta were not oppresed because their husbands were never at home (either at war or in the barracks) Spartan women were supposed to have healthy babies each year (if they babies were unhealthy the babies were put in a pot and left abonded)
How did Athens and Sparta different?
Athens was more artistic and Sparta was more tougher at war
What were similarities and difference between Athens and Sparta?
Sparta and Athens had many differences and similarities in their government. Only a few Greek city-states had kings. Sparta had two kings, usually cousins or brothers. One would stay home and the other would go off to fight wars. Athens created the first democratic system and many other city-states copied them. Athenian democracy did not give power to everyone. Most of the people in Athens couldn't vote, including women, slaves, foreigners, and children.
Women had more rights than in other city-states?
sparta
In which way was life in Athens different than Sparta?
Sparta: Women had more rights than Athens. They were expected to be strong and protect the house if the men were not home. They were expected to produce stong healthy boys as well. Sparta focused mainly on the human body strength and military rather than research, development, and government. Sparta was more poor than Athens. I think Sparta had less slaves as well. Sparta's God was if Im not mistaken, Ares or Artemis. Athens: Women had less rights than Sparta and I think they were not allowed to leave the house without a slave or the husband. Athens focused on research, development, and government producing democracy which spread throughout Greece. Athens was generally a rich city. Athens' God was Athena.
