ANCIENT GREECE Athens Sparta Two Cities in Conflict

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ANCIENT GREECE Athens & Sparta: Two Cities in Conflict Section 4

ANCIENT GREECE Athens & Sparta: Two Cities in Conflict Section 4

What was life like in Sparta? • LIFE WAS HARSH & CRUEL. • SPARTANS

What was life like in Sparta? • LIFE WAS HARSH & CRUEL. • SPARTANS WERE TOUGH, SILENT, & GRIM. • SPARTANS MOST VALUED STRENGTH.

What kind of city was Sparta? • IT WAS A WARLIKE STATE. • SPARTANS

What kind of city was Sparta? • IT WAS A WARLIKE STATE. • SPARTANS CONQUERED MANY LANDS AND TURNED CONQUERED PEOPLE INTO HELOTS, OR SLAVES.

Spartan city (continued) • THERE WERE MORE HELOTS THAN SPARTAN CITIZENS. • SPARTANS LIVED

Spartan city (continued) • THERE WERE MORE HELOTS THAN SPARTAN CITIZENS. • SPARTANS LIVED IN FEAR OF REVOLT BY THE HELOTS.

What was life like growing up in Sparta? • ONLY THE HEALTHIEST CHILDREN WERE

What was life like growing up in Sparta? • ONLY THE HEALTHIEST CHILDREN WERE RAISED. • HEALTHY MALES BECAME SOLDIERS. • THEY STARTED TRAINING IN BARRACKS AT THE AGE OF 7.

Spartan life (continued) • BOYS WERE EXPECTED TO BEAR PAIN, HARDSHIP AND PUNISHMENT IN

Spartan life (continued) • BOYS WERE EXPECTED TO BEAR PAIN, HARDSHIP AND PUNISHMENT IN SILENCE. • THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR SKILL & BRAVERY. • WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO OWN LAND & TAKE PART IN BUSINESS.

What was the Persian invasion? • BY 520 B. C. , THE PERSIANS GAINED

What was the Persian invasion? • BY 520 B. C. , THE PERSIANS GAINED CONTROL OF GREEK COLONIES IN ASIA MINOR. • IN 490 B. C. , THOUSANDS OF PERSIANS LANDED IN MARATHON, 25 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS.

Persian invasion (continued) • THE ATHENIAN SMALLER ARMY ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING AND DEFEATED THE

Persian invasion (continued) • THE ATHENIAN SMALLER ARMY ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING AND DEFEATED THE LARGER PERSIAN ARMY. • 6, 400 PERSIANS WERE KILLED TO 192 ATHENIANS.

What was the Athenian Empire like after the Persian invasion? • ATHENS HAD WON

What was the Athenian Empire like after the Persian invasion? • ATHENS HAD WON THE RESPECT OF MANY OTHER CITY-STATES. • THEY JOINED WITH ATHENS AND SUPPORTED DEMOCRACY.

What were the Peloponnesian Wars? • ALTHOUGH ATHENS WAS A DEMOCRACY, IT ASKED OTHER

What were the Peloponnesian Wars? • ALTHOUGH ATHENS WAS A DEMOCRACY, IT ASKED OTHER CITY-STATES TO PAY TRIBUTE FOR PROTECTION FROM FUTURE PERSIAN ATTACKS. • IT USED THIS MONEY TO BUILD THE PARTHENON.

Peloponnesian Wars (continued) • THIS ANGERED THE OTHER CITY-STATES, THEY RESENTED ATHENS POWER AND

Peloponnesian Wars (continued) • THIS ANGERED THE OTHER CITY-STATES, THEY RESENTED ATHENS POWER AND LOOKED TO SPARTA FOR PROTECTION.

Peloponnesian Wars (continued) • IN 431 B. C. , ATHENS AND SPARTA WENT TO

Peloponnesian Wars (continued) • IN 431 B. C. , ATHENS AND SPARTA WENT TO WAR, WHICH LASTED 27 YEARS. • AT THIS TIME, IN THE 400 s B. C. , ATHENS & SPARTA HAD ABOUT THE SAME MILITARY STRENGTH.

When did Athens fall? • EARLY IN THE WAR, ATHENS WAS STRUCK BY A

When did Athens fall? • EARLY IN THE WAR, ATHENS WAS STRUCK BY A PLAGUE, OR WIDESPREAD DISEASE. • IN 5 YEARS, 1/3 OF ATHENIAN PEOPLE DIED FROM IT.

Athens’ fall ( continued) • THEN SPARTA STAGED A BLOCKADE, TO PREVENT FOOD FROM

Athens’ fall ( continued) • THEN SPARTA STAGED A BLOCKADE, TO PREVENT FOOD FROM REACHING ATHENS. • STARVED & BEATEN, THE ATHENIANS SURRENDED IN 404 B. C. .