Athens and Sparta by AALIYAH KING https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk Made with wonder en-us 2018-03-26 19:50:46 UTC 2025-11-26 14:14:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Government aking631 https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk/wish/246271939 All Athenian-born men over the age of 18 were considered Athenian citizens. Every Athenian citizen could take part in the city's government.  Women and slaves were not permitted citizenship.  When new laws came, the laws had to be approved by a lager group, the  Assembly of Athens.

 Like Athens, Sparta had an Assembly. But the important decisions were actually made by a much smaller group called the Council of Elders.  Only people over 60 were allowed to be in the Council of Elders.]]> 2018-03-26 19:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk/wish/246271939 Economy aking631 https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk/wish/246271967 The Athenian economy depended on trade.  Athens were nearby the sea and so they were able to trade with other city-states and foreign lands.

Sparta didn't trade as much as Athens because they farmed but they didn't have enough land to feed all of its people , so they would conquer other regions and the people living in the region Sparta conquered would become Sparta's slaves .]]> 2018-03-26 19:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk/wish/246271967 Education aking631 https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk/wish/246272115 Athens believed that a good Athenian citizen had to be intelligent and have a healthy body so book learning and physical training were important.

Sparta needed men and women who could protect the city-state, the most important goal is to be  a brave soldier, spartan boys were taught to suffer any amount of pain and not complain, they marched without shoes, they were not well fed and so they were encouraged to steal their own food as long as they did not get caught

]]> 2018-03-26 19:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk/wish/246272115 Treatment of women and slaves aking631 https://padlet.com/aking631/ahbknzua0hyk/wish/246272212 Athenian women could not inherit or own much property. They could not vote or attend the Assembly. Most could not even choose their own husbands.
Some women sold goods in the market. A few very important women were priestesses. But most Athenian women had their greatest influence in the home. 
There were many slaves in ancient Athens. Most Athenians who weren't poor owned at least one slave. Some people were born into slavery. Others were forced into slavery as captives of war.

Spartan women lived the same life as spartan men. Spartan women had many rights that other Greek women did not have.
Spartan slaves, the helots, were people the Spartans had conquered. There were many more helots than citizens in Sparta. The Spartans treated the helots harshly, fearful that the helots would revolt.
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