Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Today in Western Civ, Devin taught the class again.  He went over all the notes that we took on LO3.   This part of the chapter mainly focuses on the difference between the Athenians and the Spartans.  Athens had a very strong Navy and Spartans had a strong army.  The Athenians used triremes which were huge sips that were used to ram into things and destruct them.  The Athens had a free way of living because they lived in a democracy.  They still had a really good Navy but weren't like Sparta that trained their sons to go into the army at age 7.  The Spartans lived in an oligarchy government which meant a certain group of people ruled and made decisions.  Even the Spartan women were trained and worked out to be strong enough to have a child.  The men that voted in Greece were landowners, women were not allowed to vote. 

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