WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -After the Spartan conquest of Messenia in the 8th century bce, the Messenians were also reduced to the status of helots.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the end, the Spartans won and banished the remaining rebel Helots to Sicily. After their banishment, Sparta saw the Helots as a great threat and the government of Sparta wanted to train soldiers for this new threat. After all of that, the Helots were still not happy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The helots were the slaves of the Spartans. Distributed in family groups across the landholdings of Spartan citizens in Laconia and Messenia, helots performed the labour that was the bedrock on which Spartiate leisure and wealth rested.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spartans were a particularly land-hungry warrior society. In 715 B.C.E., the Spartans solved their need for more land by conquering the agriculturally rich region of Messene. The people of Messene were taken hostage as slaves or helots and were used to farm the lands they had once possessed.

Detailed explanation-5: -The helots rebelled many times. Although they greatly outnumbered the Spartans and fought hard, the Spartans put down the revolts. Fear of these revolts led Sparta to become a state that focused everything on building a strong army.