This ancient city-state abuses their children, at an attempt to make a strong military force. It is located on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. Sparta’s main focus, is the military, and they force all men to commit to the military until the age of 60. With this focus, the city-state only lasted 300 years. The weakness of Sparta did outweigh the strengths. There were more weaknesses in the way that they lacked education, boys are taken away from their families at a young age, and they are abusive.
To begin with, Sparta lacked education. It stated in Document D, “They learned to read and write for purely practical reasons: but all other forms of education they banned from the country.” Banning foreign teachers was not good for …show more content…
Document A states, “At that age he was removed from his family and from his eight to twenty-first year, he was educated by the state according to a rigorous [military-like] discipline.” The boys went to the agoge, and they were taught harsh military training. They learned obedience, fitness, and courage. At the agoge, the boys were fed little to no food. For the boys to eat, they were to steal. They were taught to steal, so when they were caught stealing, they were whipped, because they did not steal properly. In the agoge, their were many athletic contests. Finally, the Spartans abused their children. Document B said, “He introduced the custom of wearing one garment through the year, believing that they would thus be better prepared to face changes of heat and cold.” When they were training, they made the boys go barefoot. Also, they would not let the boys eat, and encouraged them to steal. If they were caught stealing, they would be punished by being whipped, because they did not steal properly. In conclusion, there are strong points in Sparta. One example of Sparta being strong is their military. However, the three reasons I stated above, they lacked education, boys are taken away from their families at a young age, and they are abusive, still shows that the weakness outweigh the
To begin with, Sparta lacked education. It stated in Document D, “They learned to read and write for purely practical reasons: but all other forms of education they banned from the country.” Banning foreign teachers was not good for …show more content…
Document A states, “At that age he was removed from his family and from his eight to twenty-first year, he was educated by the state according to a rigorous [military-like] discipline.” The boys went to the agoge, and they were taught harsh military training. They learned obedience, fitness, and courage. At the agoge, the boys were fed little to no food. For the boys to eat, they were to steal. They were taught to steal, so when they were caught stealing, they were whipped, because they did not steal properly. In the agoge, their were many athletic contests. Finally, the Spartans abused their children. Document B said, “He introduced the custom of wearing one garment through the year, believing that they would thus be better prepared to face changes of heat and cold.” When they were training, they made the boys go barefoot. Also, they would not let the boys eat, and encouraged them to steal. If they were caught stealing, they would be punished by being whipped, because they did not steal properly. In conclusion, there are strong points in Sparta. One example of Sparta being strong is their military. However, the three reasons I stated above, they lacked education, boys are taken away from their families at a young age, and they are abusive, still shows that the weakness outweigh the