Mr. Andrew Teaching Day 2

Because Kappel was the teacher on Monday, Mr. Schick wanted to see what he said. So today Kappel taught us again and we also took notes;

• Possible test information;
• Athens and Sparta were each a couple of US counties in size.
• Greece was not controlled by a universal empire, allowing city states to fight.
• Phalanx; the Greek soldiers formation in army.
• Other important information;
• Oligarchy; minority of citizens dominated the government.
• Citizen was a white, male, landowner.
• Women had little to no power in government.
• Had more power overall in Sparta.
• Not in government.
• Mostly ran the business' while the men were at war.
• Sparta;
• Had a very good military.
• At age 7, boys were taken away from their families for extreme military training.
• They were allowed to marry at age 20.
• The bachelors were punished. 
• The area where Sparta is, is called a Peloponnesus.
• Athens;
• Had a good navy.
• Gave more freedom than Sparta but were still very war like.
• When the boys were 18 they would leave for 2 years of military training.
• Golden Age = 460-430 BC.
• After the war between Sparta and Athens, Sparta won, and Athens never grew back the same confidence.
• Forced Persia to make peace in 445 BC.
• Athenian Democracy power world rest in the adult male citizens hands.