Sparta

Large numbers of the slaves in Sparta were Helots. As they outnumbered the Spartans by seven to one, they were treated harshly in efforts to keep them under control. This had the opposite effect in many cases as there were several Helot rebellions. Every autumn, Sparta would offer open season on the Helots by declaring war on them so any Spartan could kill a Helot without fear of reprisal. Efforts were made to treat the Helots in the worst way imaginable. They were assigned tasks for the sole purpose of disgracing them. Each had to wear a dog skin cap and wrap themselves in skins. They were required to receive a stipulated number of beatings each year, even if they had done nothing wrong. This was to make them always remember they were slaves. Anyone treating the Helots any better than poorly subjected themselves to punishment as well.

No they gathered in the middle of the city

Athens was mostly based off of trade because it had such little farmland so it imported a lot of grain and exported a lot of manufactured goods and olive oil when Sparta was self- supported to gain a bigger military advantage so it was based off more agriculture even though usually to get things they usually just went out and stole them given the size of their military.

Sparta didn't have crops . It was in Greece where the ground was filled with rocks and there was hardly any grass . There is no room to grow crops in Sparta .

Where else would expect the ancient Greek sculptures to be other than in Greece. You wil, bowever find some good ones which were removed legally and illegally in museums around the world - try Paris, Berlin, London - the ones there are usually in much better condition than those in Greece, as in recent years the acid rain in places like Athens has defaced statues, and the Greeks did little to prevent this: many of the 'good' ones on display in Athens are copies made of the good ones held overseas.

There was no war between Persia and Sparta, and no specific battle between Sparta and Persia.

Sparta was at times part of a Greek force fighting Persia, and at other times was allied to Persia. But there was no specific Sparta-Persia war or battle.

After the Persians failed to bring peace to the eastern Mediterranean in the Persian Wars, Persia withdrew to leave the Greek cities to get back to their usual fighting between each other.

Athens then turned the anti-Persian league it led into an empire of its own, and over-reached itself, bringing on a war with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. This 27-year war severely damaged the city-states of Greece. In the process Sparta had to turn to Persia for support, and then defeated Athens, stripping it of its empire.

The weakened cities continued fighting amongst each other in varying alliances, and Thebes replaced Sparta as the leading power. All this fighting paved the way for the dominance of Macedonia.

Sparta's government was different than other Greek governments. They had two kings ruled the city, but a 28-member council of elders limited the powers of the kings. These men were recruited from the aristocratic Spartiates.

think its easy played sports, ate, slept, and watched Olympics

Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Tyndareus, King of Sparta. Zeus mated with Leda in the form of a swan, and fathered Helen and her brother Pollux on her. In a strange mythologic biological phenomenon, Pollux is the twin of Castor, the son of Leda and Tyndareus. Thus, all of Zeus' other offspring are related to Helen, as are many of the gods and goddesses. On her mother's side, Helen had four half-sisters: Clytemnestra, Timandra, Phoebe, and Philonoe. The latter three, however, to quote C.S. Lewis, "do not come into the story much." Clytemnestra married King Agamemnon of Mycenae. Clytemnestra's children, and Helen's half-nieces & nephews were Iphigenia, Orestes, Chrysothemis, and Electra. Helen married Agamemnon's brother, King Menelaus of Sparta, with whom she had a daughter, Hermione. Hermione married Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, but later eloped with Orestes (incidentally her half-first cousin) and became the mother of Tisamenus. As a side note, it is interesting that Tisamenus is both Helen's grandson, and her half-grand-nephew

Athens and Sparta both had very efficient fighting forces and and were the two powerhouse cities in Greece.

There were two classes in Sparta who were below the ruling Spartiate class: the Perioikoi, who were free non-citizens they were primarily merchants and skilled workers; then there was the Helots (slaves) they worked in the fields and other hard labour jobs. The ruling Spartiate class spent their time training to fight.

Menelaus wished to give Telemachus "three stallions and a chariot burnished bright...and a gorgeous cup." Telemachus regretfully declined these gifts for his own reasons. In exchange, Menelaus instead gave Telemachus "a mixing bowl...solid silver finished off with a lip of gold."

Sparta had acouple of hills, Rome had seven that protected Rome from attack.

Where did the ancestors of the Spartans originally come from?

Helots were Messenian servants who lived in Sparta after Sparta took over their homeland. They had very little rights and were treated as servants, though they are not considered common slaves because they often fought in wars and had families. In fact, if a helot served honorably in a war, it could be possible that they would be allowed to be free. yo yo yo

Athens navy protected it from sea invasions as well as protecting there own ships that they used for trade. The navy also allowed Athens to settle colonies in other places.

because Sparta didn't have things that Athens had like, most of it was grain came from the lands surrounding the black sea so the Sparta had built its own strong navy.

yes they worshipped Athena

The Peloponnesian war which stared at 431 BCE and lasted until 404 BCE. The Spartans won this war but could not exploit the benefits of their victory as they were too weak to re establish the state and the power they once had.

Spartan women had cultural, economic, military and social roles similar to Spartan men. For Spartan men and women would have heeded the warning of the statement, A house divided against itself cannot stand. The reality was that they were vastly outnumbered, most likely at the rate of 8:1 or more, by the native peoples that they had conquered and enslaved. So it was Spartans against their own country's enslaved majority, and also Spartans against the differently organized, male-dominated Athenian powerholders of ancient Greece. Spartan survival therefore depended upon a strong sense of Spartan identity, and upon Spartan teamwork. So both men and women had to know how to defend, and perpetuate, their way of life. That meant athletic and military training, and reading and writing skills, for Spartan boys and girls. And that also meant Spartan men and women capable of defending themselves and their country, eligible for owning property, and skilled in running their estates. In essence, it was all Spartans for Sparta, and Sparta for all Spartans be they men or women [except in the case of officeholding, which wasn't open to women].

boys: stressed physical training, including, running, jumping , boxing , and wrestling in preparation for military. girls:running, jumping, etc so they can be strong too.

had an oligarchy form of government. killed babies if the wern't strong enough

the ephors were known as the Spartan law officials. they would also put the kings in check.