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Greek Education Dbq Analysis

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A society's values are often reflected in their education system. This can be seen in Sparta. Sparta is located on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, it was founded in 900 BCE and participated in many wars. One war was called the Peloponnesian War it started in 431 and was Sparta against Athens. All of this shaped their way of education. The strengths of education do not outweigh the weaknesses when certain concepts are put above everything. Although Sparta had strong military strength their educations strengths did not outweigh the weaknesses because they were not exposed to outside ideas, they only learned basic knowledge, and purposely depleted their own population.

The first reason that the strengths did not outweigh the weaknesses was they were not exposed to outside ideas. Document A says that young boys were brought up in their military troops and were taught by the city-state not by their families. This made it so they could control what they knew and who they looked up to. They were also not allowed to participate in government until they were 30. In document D it says that they weren't allowed to travel so they wouldn’t learn foreign and uncivil ways. This shows that the strengths do not outweigh the weaknesses because they were controlled and only taught the “Spartan” way. …show more content…

In document B it says there was no art and the young boys were taught to steal. In document D it says that they only learned to read for practical reasons only and all books were banned from the city-state. This goes to show that they did not have a well rounded

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