Spartan Cultural Evolution

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Spartan Cultural Evolution

Author: * Kallistos Alexandros - 10 Posts on this thread out of 5,716 Posts sitewide.
Date: Oct 25, 2005 - 15:45

I believe they did not evolve. The culture was frozen in the warrior hunter- gatherer mode which was anachronistic and counter productive. The scorn of agriculture is a telling example; While it was the most noble occupation in Attika, it was the business of inferiors in Sparta.

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