Sparta vs Athens

Essential Question

Sparta and Athens

Creation of city-states

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What do we know or not know?

How did they fall?

Mycenaeans

Minoans

Not certain- stopped writingPossible factors: -natural disaster -conflict within civilizations -invasions from outside groups

Lived mainly on the mainland but spread to its islands.

Lived on the island of Crete

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Impact of Geography

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Athens- surrounded by mountains, coastal city by Aegean Sea, relatively flat

Greek City-States

• Definition:
• An independent city with its own government.
• 1,500 city-states developed
• Issue:
• lack of unity in Greece

Sparta- Eurotas River valley, surrounded by mountains and hills, 30 miles inland

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Athens Cont ->

Attack

Health

Attack

Health

ATHENS

SPARTA

• Southern Greece, Eurotas river valley-fertile soil
• Government- 2 Kings, 5 elected officials and council of elders (28)
• Everything centered on the army

• Located by the sea=trade
• Little farmland
• Government-Democracy
• Citizen=male born in Athens
• Focus on business and arts
• Had professional army

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Athens Lasting Culture

Athenian society valued culture and learning.

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Let's Discuss!

• Who was the MOST EFFECTIVE city-state?
• Join a breakout room of your choice and decide which city-state you think is the most effective as a group.
• You have 10 minutes!

Why would these city-states cooperate? Why would they compete?

Similarities

150 miles apart and very different, but also very similar!

Developed their own identity and identified as their city-state rather than Greek. What they had in common: -language -similar beliefs -city layouts

• Acropolis "high city"
• at the top of the hill
• most heavily defended
• Agora=public gathering place
• markets, public meetings