Sparta and Athens
Two key factors that prevented Greek city-states from uniting were their strong sense of individual identity and localism, which fostered loyalty to the city-state over a collective Greek identity. Additionally, geographical barriers, such as mountains and the sea, contributed to isolation and hindered communication and cooperation among the city-states, leading to frequent conflicts and rivalries.
The Greek city-states, led by Thebes and Athens.
As they were 2 of the 3 first major greek civilizations (the first was the Cycladic) their influence was great.The Minoan civ specially in maritime technology and in architecture and the Mycenaean civ in language and in the organization of the state.
They did. 2 of the greatest ancient greek libraries were:The great library of alexandriaLibrary of pergamum
The Greek city-states were like kingdoms. The Romans had, what 2, governments. The Roman Republic and SPQR. The Romans had no limit to power. Julius Ceaser is a great example, he was assassinated because he had too much power.
Sparta and Athens
This changed over time - Argos, Sparta, Athens, Thebes.
Two key factors that prevented Greek city-states from uniting were their strong sense of individual identity and localism, which fostered loyalty to the city-state over a collective Greek identity. Additionally, geographical barriers, such as mountains and the sea, contributed to isolation and hindered communication and cooperation among the city-states, leading to frequent conflicts and rivalries.
it was a war beetween the 2 ancient greek city states Athens and Sparta and their respective allies
Athens was a city-state. It comprised the walled city, its ports, and the villages in the agricultural land which surrounded it.Other city-states in the Greek world were similar (eg Corinth, Megara, Elis, Sparta, Thebes). The city-states were independent of each other
The Greek city-states, led by Thebes and Athens.
Internal revolution, including by the Greek city-states and Egypt. The threat and then actuality of invasion by Macedonia.
Athens, Thebes, and Sparta were the three most powerful Greek City-States.
The Persians and the Greeks (Athens and Sparta). There were 2 wars and three famous battles. 1. 490Bc - Dareius (P) - Miltiades (G); the Greeks won in the battle at Matathon. 2. 480BC -Xerxes (P) - Leonidas (G); the Persians won at Thermopylai. 3. 480BC - Xerxes (P)-Themistocles (G); the Greeks won at Salamis.
1. The Greek alliances established and retained naval dominance, which removed the threat of Persia attacking individual city-states and defeating the alliance in detail one by one. 2. The Persians had problems in controlling the diverse peoples in their empire, and could not concentrate all their effort on the hundreds of Greek city-states. 3. The Persian object had been to gain control of the Greek city-states to stop their ongoing fighting amongst each other spilling over into the Persian Empire. When the Persians withdrew, the Greek city-states went back to fighting each other.
His army was superior in their use of the phalanx and long spear. He used bribes to neutralise some cities and divisions amongst the Greek city-states to gain allies and stop unified resistance to him. He defeated the two main antagonists Athens and Thebes to clinch the deal. He united the cities to support the proposed campaign against Persia.
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