The Persian & Peloponnesian Wars
Conflict with an outside empire and the subsequent civil war that weakened the Greek city-states.
Key Questions
- 1How did the Greeks manage to defeat the much larger Persian Empire?
- 2What were the primary causes of the conflict between Athens and Sparta?
- 3How did these wars change the balance of power in the Mediterranean?
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