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.
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens greece
The persian war lasted way longer the the peloponnesian war and the persian wars was a whole bunch of different mini wars
Persian.
After.
Greece was devastated, paving the way for Macedonia to take control, and use the combined resources to take over the Persian Empire.
Persian War 499-449 BCE. then Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE.
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.
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.
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.