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2006-08-29 14:59:28 · 5 answers · asked by planostarsfan 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
At the time, the Spartans were ahead of the other city states [that we know about] in that they developed a no-nonsense culture that emphasized focus on important things: physical excellence; a well-ordered well-behaved society; lack of materialism; a high degree of loyalty to their city and to each other; avoidance of excesses in eating, drunkeness, ostentation of any kind; public service was considered the highest duty of the citizens; private generosity was applauded.
Keep in mind that women were mostly just for breeding and that there was a large slave population that supported a tiny percentage of the people who ruled the state. From our modern day perspective, it is difficult to "like" Sparta.
2006-09-05 03:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Prof. Cochise 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better at warfare. But not better in terms of being a happy society to live in, for developing a system of democratic government with a high level of individual freedom by the standards of the time, or for producing great works of philosophy and literature. You need to think about what you mean by 'better'.
2006-08-29 15:17:16 · answer #2 · answered by Marakey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sparta was very very strict with its people and trained them to be advanced soldiers that kick ***
2006-08-29 16:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by novaicedogs9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens
2006-08-29 15:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by okayokayokay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tring to do hw
2006-08-29 15:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by George 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋