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PELOPONNESIAN WAR
TEMPERS EXPLODE
3 MAIN CAUSES
 Athens became too powerful.
 Athens became a naval empire.
 Athenian settlers began to move into
lands of other city-states.
SPARTA BANDS AGAINST
ATHENS
 Sparta lead a league of city-states to stand
up to the Delian League.
 Called Peloponnesian League
 431 B.C. Sparta declares war on Athens –
Peloponnesian War
THE WAR RAGES….
 Sparta –
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Better land-based military
Cannot be attacked by sea
 Athens –
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Better navy
Strike Spartan allies by sea
THE WAR RAGES ON….
 Sparta –
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Cuts off Athenian food supply by destroying
crops and countryside
 Athens –
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Avoids battles on land and relies on sea
Pericles moves people from surrounding areas
into Athens
CONSEQUENCES OF WAR
 Athens
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Overcrowding
Plague
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1/3 of Athens perish
 Pericles dies
 Truce signed
 Cities, crops and people lost
 King Phillip II of Macedonia takes over
HOMEWORK
 Explain how Pericles led to the fall of
Athens
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1 paragraph essay
Must use complete sentences
Must find support within your reading and
identify it in your paragraph
REVIEW
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The Athenians practiced ____________
democracy.
__________ was the strongest leader of Athens.
The Greek city-states formed the
______________ for mutual protection from
Perisa.
Name one reason for the war between Athens
and Sparta.
Athens lost 1/3 of its people because of
_______.
To end the war, Athens and Sparta signed a(n)
___________.