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while other city-states built up business via trade, sparta refused to trade modernly and so business went down for them

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harsh treatment was made to make boys respectful and obedient to their elders or those who were in power over them; their superiors, and this was meant to turn them into fighting men

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women were taught self-defense and how to raise fighting boys, because as the government was mainly women, these were things they needed to know

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they trained in the military from age 8 and were not allowed to leave until they turned 60; or, rather, until they died, because in sparta, life expectancy was very short due to all the fighting they did

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they slept in barracks and ate blood broth; pork boiled in salt, vinegar, and animal blood, and were strongly encouraged to never give up while fighting

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they believed in simplicity and strength through self-denial; free thinkers and change was never welcome as they preferred to do things via tradition

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mainly female dominated, oligarchy, strict, and not open to immigrants or change

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over one quarter of the population was turned into slaves, usually prisoners captured during the many quarrels that greece had overseas with other countries

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girls were taught how to raise children, boys went to school and learned to be philosophers

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they were educated in cooking, sewing, how to run a home, and the basic essentials of raising children to become some of the greatest mothers of greece

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they went to school and got education in the following subjects: drama, literature, playing instruments, and common knowledge to make them some of the greatest philosophers of the world

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they didn´t have much in the way of military, they were a relatively peaceful country

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free thinking and literature was always encouraged, they were always open to change and new ideas

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mainly dominated by males, democratic, was open to immigrants