Sparta

Sparta was a war-based polis in Greece. They worshipped the god Ares. At the age of seven, young Spartan boys were taken out of their homes and began immediately to train in the ways of fighting. The Spartans were patriarchal and they were polytheistic. It was a society based mainly on discipline. Their government was an oligarchy, or a government based upon military. Their rulers consisted of 28 nobles all above the age of sixty. Helots, or slaves, performed the all the agricultural work which allowed the Spartans to devote so much time to training. Created by: Clare Wolf 9/23/08 Edited by Joe Hampton on September 24,2008. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/thecities/sparta.html