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4-3: CLASSICAL GREECE Persian War Athenian Empire Peloponnesian War PERSIAN WAR Causes Athenian navy assists unsuccessful revolt of Ionians, 499 BCE Effects Greeks unify for once against Persian threat Athens builds massive navy Rise of Athens Delian League PERSIAN WAR DETAILS 480 BCE Persians invade Athens had built huge navy Themistocles Battle of Thermopylae “300” Athens abandoned as Persians advance Battle of Salamis Major navy victory 479 BCE Battle of Plataea Persians defeated ATHENIAN EMPIRE Liberated Greek citystates held by Persia “Age of Pericles” Direct democracy Male citizens Meet each 10 days Ostracism Rebuilding project in aftermath of war destruction 300,000 pop. Economy = farming and trade ~1/3 slaves 50-80% of grain imported Family structure Women AGE OF PERICLES AGE OF PERICLES PELOPONNESIAN 431-405 BCE WAR PELOPONNESIAN WAR Causes Sparta & allies conflict with Athens & Delian League Athens took from the Delian League treasury Threat of overpowering neighbors Ideology differences Effects Ruinous for Greece Easy pickings for powerful neighbors Macedonia PELOPONNESIAN WAR 431 BCE starts Athens’ strategy: stay put behind walls, supplied from colonies by navy Sparta’s strategy: surround Athens – open combat 429 BCE plague (30% mortality) 25 year struggle! 405 BCE Battle of Aegospotami Sparta stoops to using a navy Athens falls in a year – walls torn down, etc.
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