Sparta

Sparta

1) What was the acropolis and what stood there?
    It was a fortified hill with a temple of the local god

2) The average city-state, or polis, contained how many people?
    between 5000 and 10000

3) How was Sparta's government formed?
   At first, there as one king (500 B. C.). Later nobles took over the government and two kings had joint power    and there was a council of elders with consisted of men over 60 who were chosen for life. Although they were only titled kings, which had little power, mainly over army and religious purposes.

4) Who ruled Sparta?
    The two kings

5) Who were the helots and what did they do in Sparta?
- the helots were enslaved people owned by the city states. Helots ad to turn over one half of their crops to the aristocrats who owned the land, but lived in the center of the polis.

6) Discuss, or outline, the life of a Spartan boy:
    at the beginning, the baby were examined to see, if they were healthy. If they didn't were healthy, they died, if there were healthy, they allowed to life. Then, if they were seven, they will send to the military camp. They showed him, how to read, write and use weapons. They were barefoot and had only a cloak to were. The food was only at a time and they were looked, if they are going fat. Every night  They had to sleep outside without a cover. When a spartan "boy" was 20, he was allowed to marry and he only eaten in a barrack, where they also shared experiences with other soldiers.

7)  Discuss the life of a Sparta woman.  How were Spartan women more free than other Greek women at the time?
     They had mush more freedom then in other cites. They mixed freely with a men. They enjoyed sports (wrestling and racing). Spartan woman told their mens every time, when they went into a war, that they have to bring their shields home.

8) Explain the quote, "Come home with your shield or on it".  How does this quote reinforce Spartan ideas?
     When a spartan men comes home with his shield, than the woman knowed, that they won the battle. Dead warriors were carried home on their shields. The Spartans believed new ideas would weaken their way of life. Because of this, they tried to prevent change.