Spartan Culture Vs American Culture

Life one thousand years ago was not as drastically different as one would think. Many things have not changed in today’s culture, such as social classes and the role a woman plays in a household. All of these connections will keep reoccurring throughout the rest of history, because humans do not change.

English culture considered twelve-year-old boys old enough to swear allegiance to the king. Similarly, The Spartan Army trained boys at the age of seven. This training caused Sparta having the strongest army in Greece. Performing in the army gave young Spartan boys a heavy responsibility. These cultures robbed children of their childhood and pushed them right into the harshness of adulthood.

In England, it was not uncommon for young girls to

The government prohibited slaves from participating in Athenian democracy. Greeks believed slavery allowed the freedom of citizens to flourish. The slaves did most of the work, while the masters reaped the rewards. Both the English and the Athenian civilizations had economic prosperity due to slavery. During the Roman empire, emperors freed the slaves and made slave ownership against the law. The economy became less prosperous due to the Romans overreliance on slave labor and this weakening led to the decline of Rome. Similarly, the English economy was also very dependent on slaves.

Wulfstan was “The great English churchman of the time.” His sermons were famous throughout England for their powerfully convicting messages. Like Wulfstan, St. Paul was a well-known spiritual leader who spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire. St. Paul and Wulfstan were both impactful Christian leaders of their time. Paul preached the doctrine of Christ’s resurrection separating Judaism from Christianity, which caused the new religion to flourish. Paul created Christianity as its own

Like many civilizations, “Social theory in the year 1000 divided the community into those who worked (the peasants, traders, and craftsmen), those who fought and administered justice (the kings and lords), and those who prayed.” In Rome there were two social classes, the patricians and the plebeians. The patricians were the ruling class of Rome and were very wealthy. The plebeians were common people who had no input in the government. In Ancient Greece, both Sparta and Athens had a similar class system, which contained the ruling class and those who worked. The class system has not wavered throughout history and is still very present today.

Leprosy was a very active virus in the first millennium, due to its extreme contagiousness and the lack of human cleanliness. This disease spread rapidly throughout Europe. In the fourteenth century, there was a massive plague outbreak known as “The Great Plague”. The epidemic, which left 25 million people dead, overwhelmed Europe. Some cities lost the majority of their population. Both “The Great Plague” and leprosy were very destructive to humans and left a lasting scar on