Today’s Western Civilization class included government,
Greek technological breakthroughs, and SPARTAAAA!!! Did you know that Greece
was the FIRST civilization to be able to say that regular folks…I mean regular
MALE folks could have an opinion about politics and the nation’s decisions?
However this was really only in Athens and other city-states besides Sparta.
You can blame the Spartans hard-core military life for this. Ever dream of
joining the military? Well, if you are a Spartan male, then you can fulfill
your dream at the age of 7!!! Though one unconventional part of Spartan life is
that the women actually had more freedom then the men. This is because the men
were always away living in barracks to train for the military. This does not
mean that the women held roles of power, but rather they could run businesses
and control household activities. All because the men weren’t around. Also,
Sparta was an oligarchy, meaning that it was ruled by a minority of citizens.
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