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Why did Athens become so aggressive with its neighbors following the Persian War?
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The Athenians had led the defence against the Persian Empire in the last 30 years of the Persian War. When Persia agreed to leave the Greek cities alone, Athens took the opportunity to convert the defensive league into an empire of its own. It ruled them with a heavy hand, and sent out a naval expedition each year to gather by force the annual tribute which it extorted from the cities.
It also became overconfident of its strength as a result and interfered in the affairs of cities outside its empire, bringing it into collision with the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League. It culminated with Athens trying to ruin its neighbour Megara, a member of the Peloponnesian League, so entering into a war with that league, imagining itself strong enough to win. It lost, and was stripped of its empire and became a second rate power.
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King of the Persians?
Under Xerxes I the Persian army captured Athens following the battle of Thermopylae. The Persian king to conquer Athens , was the famous Persian king called Cyrus.
Following the Persian wars the city-state of Athens was conquered by who?
The Peloponnesian League in 404 BCE.
Pericles rebuilt Athens and constructed this master piece?
Pericles was a leader of Athens who was responsible for rebuilding Athens following the Persian Wars. He was also leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, but he died of the plague that ravaged the city.
Explain why Athens not Sparta emerged as the major power of Greece following the Persian Wars?
After the Persian Empire gave up and agreed to peace, Athens converted the Delian League, which it had led against Persia in the latter stage of the war, into an empire of its own.
Following the Persian wars Greece was dominated by?
Two leagues - one led by Athens, the other led by Sparta.
Why should Athens go to war with Spartans EXPLAIN PLEASEEE?
After the Persian War, Athens converted the anti-Persian Delian League which it led into an empire of its own. Using this power, it became aggressive against some of the other independent city-states, culminating in its attempt to bankrupt its neighbour Megara, a member of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Sparta appealed to Athens to back off, Athens refused and war ensued.
Who dominated Greece after the Persian Wars?
Greece was dominated by Athens after the Persian wars.
How could the Persian war have ended if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army?
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
What empire is east of Sparta and Athens?
Persian Empire
Contrast the results of the Persian and peloponnesian wars with regard to Athens?
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens greece
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens?
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens Greece
What civilization did Athens and Sparta fight during the Persian wars?
The Persian Empire .
