Sparta

- Best military force but also the smallest in Greece - Sparta was an Oligarchy- ruled by group of people


 * Classes In Sparta


 * Citizens- citizens of sparta**


 * Perioikoi- non citizens - but live in Sparta**


 * Helots -slaves owned by government - Treated Brutally**

-- Called an Oligarchy
 * Sparta has a council of thirty and a king rules. The king is a figure head with no real political power.

> No money in Sparta - only iron chunks used but the chunks were not popular. (Foreign Trade was virtually non-existent. The government did this to focus mainly on Sparta’s military. > The goal was for people to stop thinking that money is necessary - Gold and silver outlawed Sparta had no big city or walls, they felt confident with their army

Healthy and strong people required to marry Women had a lot of rights and power which was uncommon in ancient civilizations.

Hoplites were soldiers that provided their own materials and fought in a formation called a Phalanx, which was a good formation except for the people on the right. The Spartans were generally successful because they were trained to fight rather than farm, however, they were largely unable to overwhelm others because they were so small. They still beat people though because of how well their soldiers were trained.

Boys were taken from their mothers when the boys were seven. The boys had very harsh things to have to deal with e.g. Live out in the wild with only a cloak at age sixteen, have hardly any food and so have no choice but to steal and if caught stealing severly whipped. If the boy made it back from everything they had to do then they could then be a Spartan.

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