TWO KINGS AND A COUNCIL(SPARTA)

Chris Orr Period 4

3,000 B.C.-362 B.C.

Geography Capital of the city state Lacedaemon Located in the center of Peloponnese Next to the river Evrotas Sparta was in a mountainous area There were hot and dry summers Rain only fell in the winter

Food Source The Helots farmed They grew wheat barley and they made

bread Meat was ate seldom Fish was eaten a lot Figs, olives, and grapes were grown

Government Had a mix of a monarchy and a oligarchy and a

democracy later on Two kings and there was a council Two kings could not command the same fighting force Kings were political leaders, they had veto power over

the council (they could tell the council no)

Government The Kings were also religious leaders as well There were overseers that sometimes had power

over the kings The overseers managed a secret service Sparta founded the first democracy ever, they had

a democracy 50 year before Athens

Religion Worshipped Greek Gods They may have wore ceremonial masking

for their transition of a child to a man Artemis and Athena were the patron

goddess of Sparta Spartans held festivals, temple dedications,

and ritualistic sacrifices

Daily Life Men were encouraged to marry they could

be publicly shamed if they did not All Spartan men were soldiers until age 60 The training boys went through was called

Agoge, it started when they were 7 and ended when they 20

Architecture Sparta based its architecture off the

Dorians There is very little Spartan architecture still

standing They used Doric pillars Sparta was made up of small villages A famous example of Spartan architecture

is the temple of Artemis Orthia

Social Structure Three classes Spartans-full citizens Helots-slaves Periocei-Not citizens or slaves, made weapons for

Spartans Spartans could kill Helots for being too fit or too

smart Women could own property and they cooked,

cleaned, and made clothes Men’s possible occupations- solider Women had more freedom and could own property

Writing Wrote and spoke Greek Spartan boys learned to write at age 14 They wrote information on tablets

Technology Made statute offerings out of lead and

pored them in to molds The Spartans were good making things

out of ivory Spartans used iron bars as currency They also had some coins Spartans spoke Greek

Technology The Spartans primarily used spears and

their famous spears Sparta invented democracy

The Arts In early times ivory from Sparta was

high in demand Spartans made beautiful pottery before

all they had was military strength. Spartans used to be renown for their

music and dance

Legacy Had a fierce-some army The strict military training called Agoge Fit men and women

Works Consulted www.ancientgreece.com http://library.thinkquest.org/

CR0210200/ancient_greece/daily_life.htm

www.plant-medicene.com www.sparta.markoulakispublications.org www.ancientmilitaryhistory.com