https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5 Made with a curious mind en-us 2018-03-28 18:50:16 UTC 2025-10-08 13:24:46 UTC hello@padlet.com agalfano44 https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/251324720  Athens is in central Greece, only four miles from the Aegean Sea. They were eager to spread their own ideas and to learn from others. In contrast, Sparta was more isolated. It was located on a narrow plain on a peninsula in southern Greece known as the Peloponnesus. Athenians boasted of their art and culture, Spartans valued simplicity and strength.]]> 2018-04-12 19:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/251324720 agalfano44 https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/251695428 All Athenian-born men over the age of 18 were considered Athenian citizens. Every citizen could take part in the city's government. A group called the Council of 500 met every day. Proposed laws had to be approved by a much larger group, the Assembly of Athens. Every citizen had the right to speak at Assembly meetings. while Athens was a democracy, Sparta was an oligarchy. Like athens, Sparta had an Assembly. But the important decisions were actually by a much smaller group called The Council of Elders.]]> 2018-04-13 18:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/251695428 agalfano44 https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/251698032 Because the land around Athens did not provide enough food for all of the city's people, Athens's economy was based on trade.  Athenians bought and sold goods at a huge marketplace called the agora. Like most other city-states, Athens developed it's own coins to make trade easier. While Athens's economy depended on trade, Sparta's economy relied on farming and on conquests of other people. Conquered villagers became slaves, called helots. The Spartans also made use of a second group of people—noncitizens who were free. In general, though, Sparta discouraged trade. Rather than use coins, Spartans used heavy iron bars as money.]]> 2018-04-13 18:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/251698032 agalfano44 https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/252812388 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. Some people were born into slavery. Others were forced into slavery as captives of war. Spartan women lived the same simple 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. The Spartans treated the helots harshly, fearful that the helots would revolt. Despite this harsh treatment, helots did have some rights. Helots who saved enough money could even buy their freedom.]]> 2018-04-18 00:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/agalfano44/p34h9z51a1s5/wish/252812388