HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Spartans feared change, while Athenians valued new ideas.
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Athens relied on conquest and slavery to obtain food, while Sparta relied on trade.
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Spartan women stayed at home, while Athenian women worked outside the home.
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Spartan boys were taught to obey orders, while Athenian boys received a well-rounded education.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although Athens and Sparta had very big differences in culture and values, there were some basic similarities. First, they were both Greek city states. Even though they seem to be opposites, they both show different sides of Greek culture: beauty, intellectualism, militarism and order.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike such Greek city-states as Athens-a center for the arts, learning and philosophy-Sparta was centered on a warrior culture. Male Spartan citizens were allowed only one occupation: soldier. Indoctrination into this lifestyle began early.
Detailed explanation-3: -Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home. Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military. Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18.