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Sparta
One of the city states of ancient Greece, Sparta was well known for its warrior culture.
2,647 Questions
Why did Sparta not welcome visitors from other cities or allow their citizens to travel?
Because Sparta was very ancient. They would believe the gods would get angry with them and stop with there services.
The Spartans were very mush set-in-their-ways and traditions and did not favor change.
What were the problems in Sparta?
The main problem in Sparta was that the helots, or slaves would often rebel and invading countries would often arm the helots who outnumbered the Spartans 4 to 1
What buildings did pericles build?
Pericles was an Athenian archon who helped to build Athens. His most notable accomplishment was the Parthenon along with the 20 other structures on the Acropolis.
if you mean is a helot a spartaN, no. The Spartans weren't the people of Sparta, they were the high class of sparta, although the term is often improperly used to describe all of the people of Sparta
What was the 2 kings of Sparta responsibilities?
one would go to war and the other won would pretect Sparta
Why did Pericles order the Athenians inside the walls during the war with Sparta?
They did not want to have trouble from their allies.
What was the Spartans military like?
There whole city was war based and war devoted. They were born to fight and kill.
Did Sparta have a limited democracy?
Sparta had a limited democracy. Sparta had two kings who ruled the city-state. They also had a 28 member council which could limit the power of the kings.
Life in Sparta was different from life in Athens because Sparta had?
- Sparta had a major focus on military power and physical fitness
- Sparta had the best soldiers in the world dedicated to fighting
- Athens had soldiers only in times of war that were only temporary soldiers.
Did the Spartans have a pit of death?
It was just a big dry well (for water), not some "pit of death"
Sparta came from the south of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece
What enemies did Athens and Sparta have?
Athens was enemies with Sparta and Sparta was enemies with Athens
Why did the Persians lose the war with Sparta?
The Persians did not have a war with Sparta. They invaded mainland Greece to put an end to their interference in supporting uprisings of Greek cities in Persian-ruled Asia. They were repelled by a coalition of city-states from southern Greece, of which Sparta was but one.
