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What did the Spartans do with the Persian envoys who wanted a token of submission?
According to Herodotus' history of the Persian Wars, Xerxes demanded tokens of earth and water from the Greeks. Some Greek city-states complied, and some did not. Sparta not only refused to submit, but they threw the Persian envoys into a well and told them to collect their own water, while the Athenians threw their Persian envoys into a pit and told them to collect their own earth. This part of the history reads like fiction, and I think it probably is. There are other indications that Herodotus was writing historical fiction rather than real history, and he may have exaggerated the numbers of the Persian Army to make the Greeks appear even more the underdogs.
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Why did the Spartans not arrive earlier to help the Athenians?
The Spartans did not arrive earlier to help the Athenians during the Persian Wars primarily due to their strict military and religious obligations. They were engaged in their own festival, the Carneia, which prohibited them from taking military action. Additionally, the Spartans were cautious and wanted to assess the situation before committing their forces. This delay ultimately meant they could not assist the Athenians in time for critical battles, such as the Battle of Marathon.
What is a summary of the conflicts that occurred between Athens and Sparta?
well to begin the war was called the Pelponnesion war the results was the Spartans won but really the war didn't help it just made Greece weaker i guess because of its econmy
Why did the 300 Spartans fight the 700 thespians?
Because the thespians wanted to take over the greek.
What did spartan warriors have to do to become warriors?
When a child is born, Spartans check if it is a healthy baby. If it is not, the baby gets thrown off a cliff or put somewhere so it can die. Spartans wanted only the strongest and healthiest people to represent them. Later, a boy at age seven is sent to military school, to train. Boys battle against boys to see who can become a warrior. When a Warrior turns 20, they can officially start their military career.
Why did Persia attack Athens?
When the Greek cities of Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule in 499 BCE, Eretria and Athens sent contingents to join them and Athens led an expedition in 498 BCE which captured and burnt down the Persian provincial capital of Sardis. This caused the Persian king Darius to send a punitive expedition to establish Persian-appointed tyrants to keep the two cities under control. The Persian force captured Eretria, but was defeated by Athens at Marathon.
What were three characteristics that all Spartans wnated to attain?
All Spartans wanted to be soldiers, and to fulfill their duty as Spartans, by dying in battle.
Who wanted to control Greece Athens or Spartans?
athens
Why did the Spartans not arrive earlier to help the Athenians?
The Spartans did not arrive earlier to help the Athenians during the Persian Wars primarily due to their strict military and religious obligations. They were engaged in their own festival, the Carneia, which prohibited them from taking military action. Additionally, the Spartans were cautious and wanted to assess the situation before committing their forces. This delay ultimately meant they could not assist the Athenians in time for critical battles, such as the Battle of Marathon.
What is a summary of the conflicts that occurred between Athens and Sparta?
well to begin the war was called the Pelponnesion war the results was the Spartans won but really the war didn't help it just made Greece weaker i guess because of its econmy
Why did Spartans raise only the healthiest children?
they wanted only the healthiest people in their city.
Why did the 300 Spartans fight the 700 thespians?
Because the thespians wanted to take over the greek.
Where did the spartan mascot come from?
from the Spartans back than........it was because of all their toughness that made them wanted as a mascot
Why did the Spartans from Greece focus on their army?
They belived the world was theirs and they wanted to conquer it. (please improve my answer if needed.)
Why does Sparta want their men in the army?
Sparta wanted their men in the army because they wanted keep control over the helots. Helots were captured enslaved workers. There was so many helots that the Spartans thought that someday they would rebel. To maintain the control of the helots the Spartans started put their men in the army.
What was one goal the Alexander the Great wanted to accomplish?
Conquest of the Persian Empire.
Why did the Persian Empire conquer Egypt?
They wanted to have adult fun with the egyptians women
Why did Persians think it would be easy to conquer Greece?
Because the persian empire had a larger population and thus a larger army. they thought that the could concour greece because they wanted the land, the buildings and knowlage,and the glory. Finally they thought that they could defeat greece because The athenians had been fighting with the spartans and that made the m concievably weak.
