WAR!!!!

The Greeks used swords, shields and armor. They made their weapons out of iron and bronze. Their ships had a big wooden nose to ram other ships. The Greeks also used catapults. The soldiers used bows and arrows.

The wars between Persia and Greece took place in the early part of the 5th century BC. Persia had a huge empire and had every intention of adding Greece to it. Education in Athens differed from education in Sparta. In Sparta, at age 7 boys were taken from their parents and put in state boarding schools. To the Spartans physical fitness was more important than anything else.

In Sparta discipline and obedience was key to training boys. In school, boys were taught to endure cold, pain and hunger. In Sparta boys were not allowed to cry, be afraid of the dark or throw temper tantrums. In Sparta's military schools, boys hair was cut short and they went bare foot.