Mediterranean Empires - Greece

Question 1

Greece

Answer 1

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Question 2

Persian Wars

Answer 2

• early 400 BCE
• Ionian city-states fell under Persian rule so they revolted in 499 BC
• Battle at Marathon, Persians are defeated
• Darius humiliated and infuriated but dies before second invasion, Xerxes sets for Greece in 480 BCE
• Athens (ships), Sparta (armies)
• Greeks won

Question 3

geography

Answer 3

• mountainous
• Aegean sea
• civilization based off sea and trade
• couldn’t really unify because of mountains so there were multiple city-states (famous being Athens and Sparta)

Question 4

Sparta

Answer 4

• southern Greece, Peloponnese
• militaristic civilization
• helots (state slaves) who worked on farms so people could train for war
• babies who weren’t fit were left in the wild to die
• woman built strength to have children succesfully

Question 5

Delos

Answer 5

• Delian League
• controlled by Athens
• members who tried to quit were forced into alliance again

Question 6

Delos

Answer 6

• Delian League
• controlled by Athens
• members who tried to quit were forced into alliance again

Question 7

Peloponnesian War

Answer 7

• Delian League
• Athens was richest, and mightiest
• powerful rivals (Sparta, formed Peloponnesian League)
• 431 BCE war was declared
• neither side gained advantage for a while
• plague hit in 429, Pericles died
• truce in 421 BCE
• 415 BCE war broke out again
• Sparta defeated Athenians in 404 BCE

Question 8

Greece

Answer 8

• Thebes eventually defeated Sparta
• ## 340 BCE Macedonia took control of Greece