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Sparta And Persia In The Ancient World

 

            Sparta and Persia in the Ancient World:.
            
             An Analysis of Military, Religion and Government.
            
             Sparta and Persia are two cultures with a lot of history between them. The Spartan .
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             civilization existed in Ancient Greece. Sparta was a city of Laconia of Peloponnese, .
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             located in Southern Greece at the northern end of the fertile Eurotas Valley on the .
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             Eurotas River. Sparta's mild climate and its well-watered and fertile soil made it a prime .
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             location for a civilization despite for the fact that there were few mineral resources in the .
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             area (geocities). The Persian Empire, from 550-333 B.C., existed in the Mesopotamian .
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             region. It extended from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea to .
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             the Persian Gulf. Like Sparta, they were a coastal civilization. Their summers .
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             were very hot, and their winters were very cold. Both Sparta and Persia were military .
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             powerhouses that went at war with each other many times. When not at war with one .
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             another, they were at war with someone else. Spartan government suffered because of .
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             their military prowess. On the contrary, Persia's government thrived, and their undoing .
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             was brought on by their lack of military prowess against the Greeks. Persia, largely, .
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             practiced a lot more religious and political tolerance than Sparta. Although both militaries .
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             were very strong, it led to the unraveling of both cultures in some way. While Sparta held .
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             the advantage in military power, it was Persia whose method of tolerance gave them the .
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             better religious and governmental system. 1.
             Both Sparta and Persia focused on the military more than they did anything else. .
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             Both cultures stressed the idea of the state being more important than the sum of its parts .
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             at a young age. This was especially stressed in the military. In Sparta, when a male child .
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             reached the age of seven, he was forced to leave his family and begin intense military .
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             training that would last until the age of thirty (Classical World).


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