Ancient+Greece,+2011,+rbennett

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 * **The Greeks developed a 24 letter alphabet**
 * **Between 750 b.c. and 500 b.c. the military and other wealthy land owners had weapons, helmets and chariots made out of bronze**
 * **Around** **650 b.c. the use of iron to make tools and weapons replaced the use of bronze, this made helmets, shields and swords affordable for ordinary citizens**

**Athens Education:**
 * **Only the sons of wealthy families could afford to attend formal education**
 * **Boys started school at the age of 7**
 * **The purpose of school was to prepare them to be good citizens and skilled public speakers when they grew up**
 * **At school they study poetry, grammar, history, mathematics and music; they also learned to read and write, and were trained in logic and public speaking**
 * **The boys spent part of every day participating in athletics**
 * **And when they were older they received military training**
 * **Girls did not attend a formal school**
 * **They were educated at home by their mothers**
 * **They learned how to weave cloth, make clothing, cook meals, manage a household, raise children and other skills they needed to become good wives and mothers**
 * **Some girls learned to read and write and even a few girls became accomplished writers**

**Spartan Education:**
 * **At the age of 7 boys began their military training**
 * **The moved into military barracks were they live until they are 30 years old**
 * **The living conditions in the barracks were harsh: they endured hard exercise (marching, fighting, ext.), slept on wooden benches with no blankets for warmth, and received a coarse diet of about 1 bowl of black porridge a day**
 * **"To develop cunning and supplement their diet, boys were encouraged to steal food. If caught, thought, they were beaten."**
 * **Girls also recieved some military training and were tought to exercise and strengthen** **themselves**
 * **Unlike other Greek women, Spartan girls ran, wrestled and played sports**