This led to a decline in Sparta from an empire of considerable strength to a gradual diminution in power, heightened by her defeat by Thebes at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. Firstly, the rigid economic structure of Sparta's economy, although successful in creating a fine military state and suppressing the helot population in its own established territory (of Laconia and Messenia), had its own problems and was not designed to maintain an empire. ... Hooker (1980, 211) compliments this by stating "Spartans found that their state possessed no machinery for administering such a widesp...

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The one downfall of these stone monuments is that they do not include any writing which would have provided priceless precise knowledge of how the late Stone Age people lived. ... So, the Egyptians started on a series on foreign wars that built their empire so large that they controlled all the territories that they could be invaded from. 4. ...

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This confidence, combined with condescension towards Athenian enemies, led to an arrogance which ended up being the source of Athens' downfall: "We [Athenians] do not have to spend our time practicing to meet sufferings which are still in the future [as the Spartans did]; and when they are actually upon us we show ourselves just as brave as these others who are always in strict training- (The Peloponnesian War, p. 146). ... Pericles explained to his citizens that "it is right and proper for [the Athenians] to support the imperial dignity of Athens you cannot continue to enjoy the privile...

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As ancient Greek history has played such a pivotal role in subsequent cultures throughout time, that to learn about women in this society enhances our understanding of western civilization. Ancient Greece was not a united nation, but a collection of individual sovereign communities with a common language, and similar religious rituals and beliefs. Communication was difficult due to the numerous islands and mountainous terrain that bisected the communities of people. Democracy, classical art and architecture, philosophy, and drama all can trace their lineage to ancient Greece. Antique vases and...

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