Sparta 4.1 Flashcards
Who did they attack to double land and get agricultural resources.
Messenia. Main food producers
metres above sea level?
200
Mountains surrounding. North, East and West
Arcadian, Parnon, Taygetus
Natural Resources?
iron, lead, barley, olives. Vineyards and orchards.
Lower slope of mountains provided?
Hunting grounds and timber
Port and what did it provide?
Gytheum port. Shell fish for dye.
Why is Laconia hard to cultivate? USE QUOTE
“has much arable land but is not easy to cultivate, for it is hollow, surrounded by mountains, rugged, and difficult for enemies to invade.” - Strabo
What is the Spartan Mirage?
stereotypes and myths about Spartans.
Give 2 spartan mirages?
Film 300 depicts them as uncouth, uncultured, focused on military over everything else. Traditional scholarships depicts that after Lycurgus they were unchanged over hundreds of years.
