CIVILIZATION
MINOAN
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Question
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They were treated harshly, almost like slaves.
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They mostly fought as soldiers alongside men.
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They were trained to build up their bodies and were allowed to own land.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spartan women had a reputation for being independent-minded, and enjoyed more freedoms and power than their counterparts throughout ancient Greece. While they played no role in the military, female Spartans often received a formal education, although separate from boys and not at boarding schools.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spartan girls participated in the same physical fitness routines as the boys when young, even training with them at first, and were then educated in reading, writing, and mousike ("music") a term which included singing, dance, playing a musical instrument, and composing poetry.
Detailed explanation-3: -One factor was the agoge, the Greek city-state’s educational and training system, which used harsh, extreme and sometimes cruel methods to prepare boys to be Spartan citizens and soldiers. “The agoge aimed to instill soldierly virtues: strength, endurance, solidarity, ‘’ as the late Canadian historian Mark Golden wrote.