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    What English Study Days are on?

    Our class is going to the Frankenstein /Bladerunner Study Day in June at the Tom Mann Theatre - a whole day on the texts with a series of different uni lecturers from differnt angles. Seemed like a better idea than a 50 min hit with just someone else's teacher which it what you get at some of...
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    MEGA URGENT! spartan economy is a painnn!!

    Like the other 5000 candiadtes - it wont take you far in the HSC
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    MEGA URGENT! spartan economy is a painnn!!

    The Spartans used coinage - of Aegina and had a ' black' economy. The good students will know this. Plturach invented the iron coinage stuff. No one believes it now. use the Brennan book - go to a library and read it.
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    Kingship in Sparta

    Just because YOU hadnt heard of it doesnt mean it is not right !! He shows how many of the books just repeat old theories and he shows you that people now think differently. It is the book that would get you a band 6 - just requires you to think . Not everyone likes doing that
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    Kingship in Sparta

    The best book is Brennan, Spartan Society Interpreting the Evidence. Fantastic on this topic. Bradley is crap!!
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    Spartan society

    There is a whole chapter on the Spartan economy in the Brennan, Spartan society book. He gives all the views and heaps of really cool stuff that would help you out.
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    Spartan society

    See the book by Brennan, Spartan Society Interpreting the Evidence. Has all the key sources and papges of archaeological materal. You dont need anything else as it collects everything in one place
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    Pompeii- Pliny's Letter

    Very little. he does not mention the place and he is writting 25 years later. What kind of wacko teacher do you have ?
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    Spartan society

    Everything you want - written sources Plutarch, Herodotus, Xenophon and Spartan poets you can find in Brennan, Spartan Society Interpreting the Evidence. It is the best book with pages of archaeological sources. It is the way to a Band Six if ever there was one. Its in libaries but Abbeys Books...
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    pompeii hsc

    There are a couple of pages in Brennan and Lazer, Pompeii and Herculaneum Interpreting the evidence. Translations and comments. best book for that kida stuff
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    MEGA URGENT! spartan economy is a painnn!!

    Brennan book Spartan Society has a whole detailed chapter on the economy. Get the book before the HSC its got everything. What are you using if you are not using that ?
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    sparta architecture: Amyklaion, Menelaion, the Sacntuary of Artemis Orthia

    All the information you want is in Brennan, Spartan Society Interpreting the evidence. plans of the sites, pics etc. Best Book !
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    Women in Sparta?

    Have a look at the Brennan book Spartan Society Interpreting the Evidence. We just got it at school this year - it heaps good on women and far better than the others becauce its a complete book just on Sparta. lots of archaeological stuff relating to women .............lol.
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    question on sparta pls help!!

    They are crap questions!!
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    Sparta - technology/economic exchange hlp needed =(

    Look at the Brennan book on Spartan Society - its all there . Heaps on technology , trade etc. He doesnt think Spartans used iron bars at all . That book has lots of detail.:wave:
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    Archaeological sources for Views of Sparta???

    All the stuuf ya need is in the Brennan book Spartan Society. We use it in class but libraries will have it and a friend of mine bought her copy at Abbeys bookshop near town hall. heaps of sources:hammer:
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    spartan society books?

    The best book of all is Brian Brennan Spartan Society Interpreting the Evidence. Its great. Our school got a set but I think you can buy it in town. There are pages and pages on Sparta archaeology and sites and it has all the latest ideas. Our teacher says that it completely disagrees with a...
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