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4-3: Classical Greece. Persian War Athenian Empire Peloponnesian War. Persian War. Causes. Effects. Athenian navy assists unsuccessful revolt of Ionians, 499 BCE. Greeks unify for once against Persian threat Athens builds massive navy Rise of Athens Delian League. Persian war Details. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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4-3: CLASSICAL GREECEPersian WarAthenian EmpirePeloponnesian War
PERSIAN WAR
Athenian navy assists unsuccessful revolt of Ionians, 499 BCE
Greeks unify for once against Persian threat
Athens builds massive navy
Rise of Athens Delian League
Causes Effects
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
city-states 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. ~1/3 slaves
Economy = farming and trade 50-80% of grain
imported Family structure Women
AGE OF PERICLES
AGE OF PERICLES
PELOPO
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ESIAN W
AR
431-405 BCE
PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Sparta & allies conflict with Athens & Delian League Athens took from the
Delian League treasury
Threat of overpowering neighbors
Ideology differences
Ruinous for Greece Easy pickings for
powerful neighbors Macedonia
Causes Effects
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.