It is true that about 180 Greek city-states formed the Delian League to protect themselves from Persian rule. Not sure why 'why' would be 'true of false'.
Yes , and Athens exploited her position to the detriment of the other Greek city-states which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian Wars .
Athens was the leader of the Delian league, founded by the athenian Aristides. it eventually turned into the Athenian Empire which was comprise of most of the agean and coastal greek states, the thracian chersonesse and the Ionian coast
a greek city state is a polis The question was about the alliances of Greek city-states. Don't know the Greek translation, but in English they are referred to as leagues. the alliance between the greek city-states was called Delian League. (weazol)
They built and Empire. once a city-state became a League member, it could not with draw unless all the other members agreed. The League had a navy. The Athenians built and crewed these boats. but, the other city-state paid the cost. Athens became to gain more and more power. People started to use Athenian coins instead of Greek money. In a short while, the Delian League had turned into the Athenian Empire.
The two primary participants involved in the Peloponnesian War was Athens who led the Delian League (coalition) and Sparta who led the Peloponnesian League . Below are several related links listing which Polis (city-state) was allied with whom and when .
they formed the delian league because they had to join toegether to defeat the Persians
Yes , and Athens exploited her position to the detriment of the other Greek city-states which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian Wars .
Delos was a Greek city-state where the treasury of the anti-Persian Delian League was held for safe keeping in its temple of Apollo.
It was primarily the city - state of Athens that formed the Delian League which was a loose coalition of other Greek city - states (Polis) to thwart Persian expansionist policies . Below at the related link is a list of Delian members .
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Athens was the leader of the Delian league, founded by the athenian Aristides. it eventually turned into the Athenian Empire which was comprise of most of the agean and coastal greek states, the thracian chersonesse and the Ionian coast
a greek city state is a polis The question was about the alliances of Greek city-states. Don't know the Greek translation, but in English they are referred to as leagues. the alliance between the greek city-states was called Delian League. (weazol)
Athens converted the 180 city-state Delian League into an empire of its own, and used the combined resources to interfere in the affairs of the other Greek cities.