Spartans Importan Civilization

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Hundreds of years had passed yet there are still those remarkable people that have their names and history survived until now. One of the discoveries that had made great contribution to the history is the Spartans. Spartans were known to have their power grow strongly when they won the battle against the Athens during the Peloponnesian War. They were considered to be fearless. They were raised to be strong and dauntless enough to face their civilization from modernization.
Spartans had set some certain irrevocable rules to keep their society from liberization. These laws tethered them from doing anything unnatural or doing things in their own way. In short, FREEDOM was never in their dictionaries. In their system, there are three types of people. First up are the Spartans. These are the soldiers who were living in a democratic world. In the second level is the Periokoi. These people were the ones who made weapons for the warriors. And the third and most pitiful fate there could be was to live as a Helot. These were the slaves and they were in charged of doing household chores, farming and other tasks. They only live to serve the people living on the higher levels. Not to mention that they are also mercilessly killed by the
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They consider themselves equal in their own way and live in a kind of dystopian society. Nevertheless, they were and are now considered to be one of the strongest warriors compared to others. In my opinion, however, the ancient civilizations were living in a world where one of the things they might be lacking that time was to focus on religion. Even though they had favored many gods, especially Hermes, they were the more of the type of people who completely devoted theirselves to war. However, that's only my point of view and I shouldn't judge them for I have limited knowledge. Up to the present, there are mysteries that haven't been

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