1. Do now What are things that make up your culture?
Why might your culture be different than someone who lives in the midwest?

2. Sparta

3. Helots
State-owned slaves in ancient Sparta

4. The Helots outnumbered the Spartans
In order to control the Helots the Spartans had to keep strict control over them.

5. Oligarchy
Was governed by a council of elders and two monarchs

6. Citizenship
Citizens were native born males over the age of 30.

7. Spartans from birth
All new born babies were inspected by officials

8. Spartans from birth
All new born babies were inspected by officials, sickly children were abandoned to die.

9. Military Training
Spartan boys were required to move into the barracks at the age of 7.

10. Military Training
Spartan boys were required to move into the barracks at the age of 7.
They did not move out until they were 30.

11. Women
Were expected to exercise regularly and stay strong.
Why?

12. Women Were expected to exercise regularly and stay strong.
Spartans believed strong women had strong babies

13. Isolation
Spartans did not approve of trading with other city states or seeking great wealth.
They looked down on new ideas and had little use for art.

14. Do-now
Give 2 examples of Sparta’s militaristic culture.

15. Athens
Athenian government progressed and developed a democratic system.

16. Solon Was appointed chief official He outlawed debt slavery
Gave foreigners citizenship
Increased trade

17. Tyrants
Ruler who gained power by force
(not necessarily a bad guy)

18. The Council of 500 Randomly chosen
Was the legislature – law-making body
All citizens voted to make a law

19. Democracy? Only male citizens were allowed to vote No women No slaves
No foreigners

20. Women Women were considered the weaker sex
They were expected to run the household
No school or formal education

21. Education Boys whose families could afford it went to school
They studied reading, writing, music, poetry, military training, etcetera

22. The Greeks
There were many other city-states, although different in many ways there were some things the Greeks all had in common.

23. Polytheistic

25. Olympics
City-states competed against one another