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Michael Nay Mr. Denhey 10/23/08

Athens VS Sparta In The Days of old there was a land of lush rolling hills and fertile valleys. In to this great land were set to great empires. The northern most of these was known as Athens. A metropolis where the great minds of the known world would gather, a place of knowledge and learning. Situated in a vast green valley it was a place of peace with a great navy but a bit lacking in its military might. Farther south were mighty mountains rose up and jagged chasms fell endlessly into the abyss. There in the middle of a mighty mountain range was a golden plateau on which was situated the second of the two great empires Sparta. Where the helot slaves toiled endlessly in the fields while the Spartan citizen trained tirelessly for battle. Here every man had to serve in the military and every woman had to prepare her man for battle. These two great empires would ride an endless wave of peace and war.

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Sparta- •	Built along the Eurotas river in the area known as Peloponnese •	It was the dominant military power from 650 to 362 BC •	Recognized as the leader of greek forces during the Persian wars •	Was at war with Athens between 431 and 404 BC •	Role as military power is over by around 362 BC •	Were in control of slaves called helots •	Helots could be killed with no fear of reprisals •	Helots were ritually humiliated •	Helots made up 80% of the Spartan population based according to Herodotus Athens- •	sprawls across the central plain of Attica •	Dominate navel power from 700 to 467 B.C. •	Won the final battle of the Persian wars •	Was at war with Sparta between 431 and 404 BC •	Fell to Alexander in 300 BC •	Made the first democracy •	Women couldn’t vote