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ATHENS AND SPARTA

ATHENS AND SPARTA. 2 of the greatest city-states in Greece. Read pages 292-295 and be prepared to compare and contrast many aspects of life in both Athens and Sparta. Assignment. Sparta. Athens. Boys and Men. Sparta. Athens. Girls and Women. Sparta. Athens. Government.

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ATHENS AND SPARTA

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  1. ATHENS AND SPARTA 2 of the greatest city-states in Greece

  2. Read pages 292-295 and be prepared to compare and contrast many aspects of life in both Athens and Sparta Assignment

  3. Sparta Athens Boys and Men

  4. Sparta Athens Girls and Women

  5. Sparta Athens Government

  6. Formed an alliance to protect and defend each other • Wanted to protect trade in the Aegean • Each city-state gave money to the alliance • $ kept on island of Delos, so called alliance the Delian League City-States Working Together

  7. Athens had the Navy that protected the Aegean • This made them think they were more powerful than other city-states • Started to control the league • Used League money to build in Athens • Built up the Athenian Empire Athens Goes Too Far

  8. Another alliance included Sparta and southern city-states • Peloponnesian League • People became worried about Athen’s power • Sparta declared war Peloponnesian War

  9. Take notes on what happened during the war and how it ended! Read Pg. 297

  10. Athens navy allowed it to withstand the Spartans • Then, a deadly disease killed 1 of every 3 people in Athens, including Pericles • Spartans made a deal with the Persians!!!!!! Persians gave the Spartans money so the Spartans could built a navy. Athens eventually surrendered. • Spartans and their allies tore down Athens’ walls and broke apart the Athenian empire. Athens is Defeated

  11. Many people died, and it costs Greece in both manpower and resources • Sparta created an empire after, but Thebes fought Sparta for control and won • Persians would fight against Greece again • All in all, Greece became very weak while the Macedonians to their north became very strong. Guess what happens. Effect of the Sparta/Athens War

  12. *Democracy and culture in Athens flourished under Pericles *Athens and Sparta fought each other in the Peloponnesian War and this led to the weakening of ALL of Greece *Athenian men and women had very different roles *The Persian Empire united its lands under a single government *Persia attacked Greece but were defeated by Athens and Sparta Summary

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