Ancient Greece: Sparta and Athens

Militaristic

• Athens

• Sparta

Located on the Peloponnesus

• Athens

• Sparta

Representative government

• Athens

• Sparta

No Democracy

• Athens

• Sparta

Citizens participated directly in decision-making

• Athens

• Sparta

Did not value things such as the arts, literature, or intellectual pursuits

• Athens

• Sparta

Birthplace of Democracy

• Athens

• Sparta

All forms of individual expression were discouraged

• Athens

• Sparta

Valued education ⇒ wealthy boys trained to be good citizens

• Athens

• Sparta

Solon, leader of this city state, made democratic reforms = outlawed debt slavery

• Athens

• Sparta