Athenian life was portrayed as a superior lifestyle. They were thought of as a wealthy civilization with good education. This was not all true the Athenian lifestyle was not all it was made out to be. In Athens women had less rights. Education was not that good in Athens. There were many wealthy people in Athens but there were many poor also. Athens like most of Greece had many arts. Athens was overall pretty average for this time period.
In the Bronze Age Athens grew around the Acropolis (geocities). Athens was not very important in the Bronze age (geocities). After the Trojan wars ended the Dark Age started in about 1200 B.C. (geocities). The Dorian invasions occurred in the Dark ages (geocities). Athens grew in size during the Dark ages (geocities). In 850 B.C. the Greek renaissance began (geocities). During this time the population increased greatly and many new innovations came about (geocities). Athens has reformed over these years, but it was about to have a much bigger reform.
A person named Solon came along after Athens old ruler was overthrown .
because he oppressed the farmers (geocities). Solon made a compromise for the .
farmers (geocities). Solon was a much better ruler then the previous ruler. Solon .
made economical reforms by helping the farmers (geocities). Solon also made .
constitutional reforms that started the ideas for democracy (geocities). Solon also .
divided citizens into four separate classes based on the amount of property they .
owned (geocities). For the different classes he gave them different rights .
(geocities). The best part of Solon's citizen reform is that the classes were .
ditermined by wealth instead of birth so you could change your class. .
After a while of solon's rule a tyrant named Pisistratus took over (geocities). .
Pisistratus improved the economy and he made many new public building .
(geocities). He also made Athens a very strong city (geocities). After his reign of .
thirty-three years his son Hippias took over (geocities).
A Spartan's life was simple. ... Athenian life was what you could call creative. ... The Athens would soon build a Democracy. ... The Athens and Sparta also had a strength in their military; Athens: Navy, Sparta: Army. Sparta and Athens had both given us a look at what life was like in their time. ...
Athens Sparta and Athens were both thriving City States in Greece. ... In the beginning Athens was ruled by an aristocratic government. ... Athens was ruled by archons, who were elected annually. Thus, because both parts of Athens' government had leaders who were elected, Athens is said to have been the birthplace of democracy. ... As such, the Athenian outlook on life was more beneficial than the Spartan for the people and for the city-state as a whole. ...
Athens created great relationships with other city-states. ... Athens turned into a democracy around 500 B.C.E. but in contrast to modern governments, Athens permitted just free men to be nationals. ... A very important part of life is an economy. ... A lot of people in Athens made their clothes at home. ... Spartan women lived the same simple life as Spartan men. ...
The Spartans and Athens certainly showed different ways of being great role models. ... Athens had many allies and ports in which they could trade with. ... This is a good aspect of their culture because of the fact that Spartans never had much time for family life. ... The people of Athens led in the creation of democracy and took several centuries, but finally developed a democratic government. ... Athens had many allies and controlled most of the trading which was a great boost to the economy of Athens, which had a very powerful navy. ...
Family Life was almost nonexistent. ... They had much more freedom and wealth than women in Athens. ... In Athens there was a family life, but it was often separated by genders. ... This way of life was common, but in poorer houses life was different under the circumstances. ... Women in Athens were not respected. ...
Other contrasting issues included women's rights, social classes, and value of human life. ... Spartan women generally lived an outdoor life, wrestling, boxing, and racing, for example. ... Their primary life tasks were child rearing, housework, and sewing. The public's contempt for woman in Athens is well represented in Pericles" Funeral Oration, in which several references are made to the equality and justice of Athenian life. ... There are many different advantages and disadvantages to life in both Athens and Sparta, but if I had to choose one to live in I would most likely cho...
The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a very fast rate. ... The nobles, or Eupatridae, who ruled Athens until the mid 6th century BC, abolished the hereditary kingship of Athens in 683 BC. ... These laws however did more to hurt the democracy of Athens than to help it. ... The democracy of Athens was used in many ways other than for what it was designed for. ... When civil war almost broke out in Athens the codes and laws were once again revamped. ...
A Spartan's life was centered on the state, because he lived and died to serve the state. ... Athens was the most populated. ... The forming of Sparta's military state changed the Spartan way of life. ... In contrast with Athenian women, Spartan women led a free life and were allowed to leave their houses. ... The people of Athens was inte...
