Sparta

the first group is the citizen who were direct descendants of the original inhabitants of the region; this is ruling families who own land

the second group is the non citizens who were free, worked in commerce and industry.

the third group were the helots; a little better than slaves.... in the sense that they worked in fields or as house servents, by choice.

They were descended from a warrior people called the Dorians who invaded Greece from the north, and they settled in the southern part of Greece, the Peloponnese, where they founded the city of Sparta.

it was bad

11,00 bc

Spartans were fierce and warlike people. They didn't have fine building. The city was more than a village. Every new baby was examined, if it looked weak it was left outside to die. A boy started his training as a soldier at the age of eleven. He spent most of his time as a full time soldier, living away from his family. Spartan girls had to have strong bodies so that they could be the mother of strong soldiers.

Unlike eg Athens whose population was one third slave, Sparta did not have slaves - it had serfs who were bound to the land but otherwise free, and delivered half their produce to the state.

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King Leonidus was the ruler of the Spartans. He fought in the battle between the 300 Spartans and the Persians

They reduced them to the status of serfs and allotted them to each Spartanta to work their land.

In Sparta women where some sense freer than the Athens.

the women had many rights they could participate in sports in fact they needed to be healthy so much that they would leave the weaker newborns to die.

It did for some reason early appear on the Thalassocracy (top sea power) list, but basically it was an inland city, and its interests were on maintaining control of its extensive lands in the Peloponnese. It did again achieve sea leadership during the Peloponnesian War after Persia handed it the gold to maintain a fleet, which destroyed the Athenian one at the end of that war; thereafter it ceased again to be interested in naval power. The cost of naval power was money - 200 sailors/rowers per ship cost a lot of money per year, and where did this come from? Not a farming country like Sparta. Athens afforded it for a period from the tribute it levied from its empire, and later from trade as there was a dividend from facilitating that trade. Answer The people of Sparta only ever built one colony. In order to build colonies you need a powerful navy to sail protected to where you wish to go. Sparta never became a sea power because she focussed on colonising the land around Laconia, such as Messenia. Her gave never needed to cross the sea, and so didn't. Further viewThe colonies of Sparta are generally considered to be Tarentum (Taras), Kythera, Thera, Melos, Knidos, Lyktos, Kyrene, Magnesia, Alabanda, Kibyra, Synnada, Salagassos, Selge, and Amblada. So the 'one colony only' point isn't valid. And although colonies usually retained a close relationship with and honoured their mother cities (not alway so - vide Corinth's problems), the colonies were independent and self sustaining. Being a naval power was not a necessity in order to send out colonies - this was a function of over-population, a place to send surplus males, troublesome unpropertied class, and political opponents.

The Spartan army varied over time. At the battle of Plataea in 479 BCE it had 5,000 hoplites (armoured infantry) and 35,000 light infantry. It's later losses reduced it to 3,000 hoplites and it became less and less competitive and eventually ceased to be a significant power.

It took their territory and reduced them to serfs.

It depends on whether you wish to use the proper Ancient Greek pronunciation or you wish to use the current English pronunciation. His name in Greek is Μενέλαος which would be pronounced Meh-Neh-Louse (or with Spanish phonology meneláos). His name in English is Meh-ne-lay-us.

sparta life was very hard. when a baby is born, it is tested by the greek soldiers to test its strength. if it is strong enough it is taken to boys dormiteries to train

They were very good at land warfare and discipline.

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Foreigners were know as the perioeci and they were belonged in the social class between the Spartiates and the Helots. They had a lot of freedom and they had the opportunity to become merchants and trade.

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they survived by being dominant over the other countries

The Spartans were not destroyed by anyone in particular. Their big problem was that, as a city-state based on an exclusive minority which was peridoically engaged in warfare, that warrior mnority was a shrinking asset. Whenever they suffered a serious defeat, the downward move in population was accelerated. Their loss to the Theban alliance in the early 4th Century BCE was a critical point from which they never fully recovered. Although they made an attempt at recovery in the late 3rd Century, it was temporary, and Sparta ceased to be a power in the Hellenic world. Thereafter they faded out, being recognised for their past achievements, but counting for nothing in Hellenistic affairs.

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Sparta was a collection of villages. It boasted of 'human walls', that is it relied on its warriors to protect it. This came awry in later years when it could not mount a strong enough army after its power declined.

A Polis.