Download Test: Ancient Greece

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Philosophers Handout)
 What are some reasons why city-states
would fight? Give at least 2 examples.
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Section 3 Victory and Defeat
in the Greek World
Main Idea- Competition
among the Greek CityStates led to conflict
500 B.C. Athens is wealthiest
Greek City State (why?)
But they are faced with a threat- the
Persians
The Persian Wars
Athens aids Ionian city-states (modernday Turkey) in their battles with the
Persians (why?)
 Persia defeats the Ionians and wants
revenge on the Athenians for helping
them

Darius
The Persian leader sends an army to
destroy Athens
Marathon
Athenian troops defeat the Persian troops
at marathon
Xerxes
Darius’s son attacks Athens with a larger
Persian army
 Sparta helps defend Athens

Spartans
Persians?
VS.
Defeat…
Persian troops destroy Sparta and Athens
 The Athenian navy however defeats the
Persian navy and wins the war

Athens

Becomes the most powerful city-state in
Greece after the Persian Wars
What is an Alliance?
What is an Alliance?

A formal agreement between 2 or more
nations or powers to cooperate and come
to one another’s defense.
Delian League
Creates an alliance of Greek city-states
 Encourages them to develop democratic
systems of government

Pericles
Athens has a golden age during Pericles
term
 Known as the Age of Pericles

Athens in the Age of Pericles
Direct Democracy
2. Stipend-men paid for public office
3. Jury4. Ostracism-banish public figures that
threatened democracy
(He also gave a great speech)
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The Peloponnesian War (pg
128 in home text)
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