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Sparta was a very strong city-state in the south of Greece. It conquered its neighbor Messenia. The people of Messenia became helots. They were peasants forced to stay on the land they worked. They had to give the Spartans half of their crops. An assembly, the Council of Elders, and elected officials governed Sparta. Two kings ruled over Sparta's military. Sparta prized military skills. Boys joined the army at the age of seven and went through a long period of training as soldiers. Spartan women ran the family estates, freeing their husbands to serve in the army.
2007-11-04 02:25:02 · 4 answers · asked by soccerchika78 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta
2007-11-04 05:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's focus as a city state was like that of the nazis, to create a race of completely strong people inhabiting the city. This is why any deformed child was killed and boys were trained from an early age to be warriors.
2007-11-04 10:34:26 · answer #2 · answered by Guerilla 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Military excellence
2007-11-04 12:33:55 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their focus was to create a "superior" breed of people, and their society was controlled by a military dictatorship. They had slaves who were from the "inferior" classes, and they valued physical fitness. Militarily they focused on infantry.
2007-11-04 13:48:49 · answer #4 · answered by im_smart 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋