Sparta's affect on today?

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krystal b

I have a paper to write in my western humanities class and I need some ideas on how the city and people of Sparta have influenced and affected our culture today. Any suggestions? All I can come up with is possibility the military, but I don't know that much about the military. So if you could help me with that as well. Please help me. Thanks for your time and help.
This topic was assigned to me and I do believe that Spartans had a lot of slaves that they kept submissive by fear.

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You shouldn't dwell on Sparta and slavery. Many ancient civilizations were built on the backs of someone else (ex Egypt and their pyramids, the Roman Empire, China and the Great Wall)

Anyhow, I am in the mood, so let's do a DAVID LETTERMAN's Top TEN - Things that Sparta's influenced and affected our modern culture.

# 10. The phrase "Spartan life" = means to live with only the bare basics and little luxury.

# 9 The word Spartan = a survivalist, a total bad@ss fighter
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spartan

# 8. NASA has a deep space probe called Spartan
http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/spartan-201.htm

# 7. Star Trek's Klingons and Vulcans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyhhFzE5O5U

# 6. Frank Miller's movie "300"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2t58CRmbU

# 5. Xbox H A L O video games series (the Master Chief's code name is Spartan 117)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8g3vFajw8o

# 4. In Sparta, Girls receive public educationâin other city-states, most women were completely illiterate
http://elysiumgates.com/~helena/Women.html

# 3. Spartan Women possess economic power and influence.
50 Most Powerful Women in Business http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostpowerfulwomen/2008/index.html

# 2. In Sparta, Girls were allowed to engage in sports.
NIKE sport - just do it!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y65qn4L2o10

and the number one Spartan influence on our culture

# 1. Spartan Women could learn to fight and able to defend their city & homeland - Women in the Military http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR1ryH0iUwE

Why are the elderly so resistant to change?

mckgreg

Go spend a day in senior housing. You will find the residents watching the same shows, playing the same games, eating the same food, etc., day after day after day. Especially "The Price is Right." What's up!! How about a little change?
I know seniors' lives quite well as a thirty-something National Park Ranger acting as caretaker to my grandmother. She lives in a senior apartment complex alongside a great number of other seniors. I like them and they are my friends as I am theirs. I've given them custom ranger talks, made food for and with them, and assisted many in need. I'm just concerned for them as FEAR seems to be a big part of their mentality! One of those fears seems to be of those things new. The more they avoid change the less they appear to understand the ever-changing world. They then FEAR the world as they don't understand it. They also, in large part, seem to not trust many people. It can be depressing.

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Well, you presume too much.

SOME or even MOST might be unwilling to change but there are legions of us out here who's lives are full and exciting....who are out and about, active. I, too, live in a 55+ place...big 10 story apartment building with lovely apartments.... I live on the top floor.
I believe there are 232 apartments here...something like that.

I see sooooo many here who don't do a thing. some who gather in the common room and sit there all day gabbing and gossiping. Others who play cards or bingo. Some who are on casino buses every week. Some who can no longer drive take advantage of the senior transportation offered by the country and they go off to wherever the van is going.

I walk.....everyday. There are 4 or 5 of us here who seem to be regular walkers....but are on different schedules. There is a lovely housing development behind the building with a central park and lovely little pond. There is a walking/bicyling path about 2 miles long that wanders around the park.

Personally, I have so many things I like to do....I embroider, play my keyboard or guitar...I'm learning the ukelele...just for the heck of it. I love to cook. My favorite is books, books, books. I have always been an avid reader (coming from a family of readers)..when I was working, raising my family, keeping house and husbands...I had little time for it. My one great luxury is to sit on my comfortable sofa and read all day and half the night if I want to.

I rarely watch television...but I do have over 300 videos and DVD's with classic films, current films and others. In the cold of winter, a coupla good movies and a huge bowl of popcorn can keep me warm and fuzzy all afternoon.

I think that women who have no hobby, who don't read, who have no interests are very, very sad people. I look at some of them here and I think "what a waste". Life is too damn short.

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