What Are Spartas Strengths And Disadvantages

There are many differences in the politics of Persia, Greece and Sparta. The politics are considerably different within each country. There are both strengths and weaknesses within each politic. In this paper we will examine each of these and observe some of the strengths and weaknesses. What made them work for one country and not in another? What are some of the main points of the politics in each country? What are some of the strengths? What are some of the weaknesses?
The country of Persia had absolute rule. This means the Persians were ruled by a king that had absolute power over the people. The people of Persia could do nothing without the kings’ approval. No one dared to go against the king for he would have them put to death swiftly.

Women had no business in politics nor did slaves or foreigners. Only the elite could hold office in Sparta. They had rules and laws that everyone had to follow. One such rule was to take the male children at the age of seven and put them in a military training camp. There they would stay until they became men ready for battle. Then they would help teach the young boys getting them ready for battle as they grew older. Sparta’s chief means of expansion was to conquer neighboring countries. Captives became their slaves that did all the work on the agriculture farms. The Spartan’s were often criticized for being single-minded on fighting and less on other things such as the arts and music and writing. Spartan women central task was to stay fit and bear warrior sons for Sparta. Women had to be educated because they had to run everyday life since the men were gone much of the time. The Spartans were one of the few that educated their women. Spartans politics worked for them since they were a military city-state. This would not have worked for Persia, it was under absolute rule and it did not work for Athens because they were democratic in

Officials were elected as they are today. It did not matter what status you had, if you had land you could run for office. Democracy worked well for Athens and they contributed much to our lives in art, music, and language. Religion was more a social event than a spiritual one in these city-states or Polis. Greeks viewed the city-states as the only way to achieve the good life. Some of the weaknesses in city-states is that most only had five hundred to five thousand males in the city-state and was primarily urban. With this small communities they could get over run easily. Sparta was one of the few that had a strong military group/ Having a king in Persia worked for them but would not work for the city- states of Ancient Greece as they were so spread apart and urban. Persia depended on their king to keep them safe from invaders, Sparta depended on their military skills to keep them safe from invaders and finally Athens depended on democracy and their laws for each citizen to keep them safe. Geographically their locations helped keep them safe from invaders. So, as we have seen with these three countries each had a different set of politics that worked for them but not so much for each other. Persia with absolute monarchy, Sparta with Oligarchy or a few men and Athens with Democracy. If you lived in this time period which politic would you want to live