Persian War - Persia's attempt to bring the ever-warring Greek city-states under its control to promote a peaceful and prosperous empire.
Peloponnesian War - after the persians were repelled, the Greek city-states returned to fighting each other with increasing ferocity.
The persian war lasted way longer the the peloponnesian war and the persian wars was a whole bunch of different mini wars
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Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens greece
Persian War 499-449 BCE. then Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE.
Persian Wars:Persia's attempt to maintain peace amongst it Greek cities by bringing the rest of the Greek east inside its borders. Persia lost.Peloponnesian War:Athens' over-reach with its empire and Peloponnesian resistance to this. Athens lost its empire.
Persian War - the Persian Empire versus varying coalitions of Greek city-states. Peloponnesian War - the Athenian Empire versus the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The Peloponnesian War 431 to 404 BC then the Greco-Roman Wars from 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC
Sparta led a coalition of Peloponnesian city-states which we today call the Peloponnesian League. It was already in existence before the Persian Wars - comprising the Dorian city-states of southern Greece.
Corinth fought on the winning side in both wars.
For the Greeks, the Persian War was warding off Persian dominance. The Peloponnesian War was a protracted fight to terminate the Athenian Empire's attempt to dominate the other Greek city-states.
The Peloponnesian League in 404 BCE.