Download Essays 2017 - Greece 500-440 BC

THE GREEK WORLD: 500-440 BC
ESSAY QUESTIONS
Answer ONE of two questions. Each is worth 25 marks (and 25 percent of the exam
total).
2016:
Evaluate the causes of conflict between the Greeks and the Persians in this period.
Assess the impact on Athens of key democratic developments in this period.
2015:
Assess the effectiveness of preparations undertaken in Persia and Greece during the
inter-war period.
To what extent did members of the Delian League lose their independence?
2014:
Assess the contributions of at least TWO Greek leaders to the Greek victory in the
Persian Wars.
Analyse Athens’ changing relations with its allies during this period.
2013:
How important was unity to the Greek states in their victory over the Persians?
Next the Athenians assessed the various contributions to be made for the war against
Persia, and decided which states should furnish money and which states should send
ships – the object being to compensate for their losses by ravaging the territory of the
King of Persia. (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War I.96.) With reference to
the quotation, assess the extent to which the Delian League fulfilled its aims.
2012:
In courage and strength the Persians and the Greeks were evenly matched, but the
Persians wore no armour; besides, they did not have the skill and expertise of their
opponents. (Herodotus, The Histories IX.62) With reference to the quotation, to what
extent were the Persians responsible for their own defeat in the Persian Wars?
Account for the democratic reforms of Athens during this period.
2011:
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[In my opinion] … if the Athenians, through fear of the approaching danger, had
abandoned their country, or if they had stayed there and submitted to Xerxes, there
would have been no attempt to resist the Persians by sea. (Herodotus, the Histories
VII.139) With reference to this quotation, to what extent was the Athenian navy
responsible for the defeat of the Persians in 480-79 BC?
How effectively did Athens maintain control over its allies?
2010:
Why did the Greeks win the Persian War of 480-79 BC?
Account for the development of the Athenian empire to 440 BC.
2009:
To what extent was Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian Wars?
To what extent did the Delian League fulfil its aims?
2008:
Assess the impact of the Persian Wars on Sparta.
Explain the changing relationship between Athens and its allies during this period.
2007:
Assess the importance of naval battles in the course of the Persian Wars.
Explain the roles and contributions of Aristides the Just and Cimon to the Delian League.
2006:
Assess the contribution of Miltiades and Leonidas to the course of the Persian Wars.
Explain the origins and organisation of the Delian League.
Old exam format:
2005:
Evaluate the impact and contribution of Themistocles in this period.
Explain the transformation of the Delian League into an Athenian Empire.
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2004:
Explain the reasons for the defeat of Persia in 490 BC and 480–479 BC.
Explain the development and impact of the Athenian empire.
2003:
Assess the contributions of Miltiades and Themistocles to the Persian Wars.
Explain the origins and activities of the Delian League during this period.
2002:
Assess the reasons for the victory of the Greeks in the Second Persian War (480–479
BC).
Assess the significance of Cimon to the Greek world during this period.
2001:
Assess Themistocles’ role in the Greek defeat of the Persians in 480–479 BC.
Explain the methods used by the Athenians to transform the Delian League into the
Athenian Empire.
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