Ancient Greece - Greek Conflict

22 important questions on Ancient Greece - Greek Conflict

How did the persians lose even though they outnumbered the greeks

Because they were unfamiliar with the phalanx

Which large cities did the persian empire contain

Babylon, nineveh and Persepolis

What did greek poleis do with the threath of persia

    1. Welcome them
    2. Wait and see
    3. Resist
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Who led the resist group

The Spartans

Who had to stop the Persians at the pass or thermopylae when the athenians fled

King leonidas and his 300 Spartans

Where did the Spartans attack

Thermopylae

Which cities acropolis layed in ruins because of the persians

Athens

Where did the Athenians defeat the persian army

Salamis

What happened at Plateae

The spartan met the persian army and destroyed it

With what could other poleis pay the Athenians

Silver or ships (they used silver to pay the people on the ships)

When did the Delian League steal the Spartans allies

In 457 BC

What happened in 431 bc

The Athenians tried to force Corinth into the league, war broke out

What did Pericles, the Athenian general believe

That they could hide behind the walls of the city and use their navy for hit-and-run tactics.

What did the stale mate led to

Peace in 421 BC

Where and when did the Athenians fight with the Spartans

At Syracuse in Italy in 415 BC

What happened when Sparta reoccupied Attica

It shut down the silvermines Athens needed to pay for the fleet

When did Athens surrender

In 404 BC

To who did Sparta sent a few soldiers to

Garrison, to protect the town

Why did Athens surrender

Because the silvermines shutted down:
  1. people became very unhappy because their land was occupied
  2. there was little food in the city
  3. the fleet had not been paid

Why did Sparta allow Athens to regain some of its old power

Because Sparta did not have enough Spartans to occupy Greece

What did the Peloponnesian Wars prove

That Greece was ready to be ruled by one strong polis and that neither Athens or Sparta would be this polis

Who would conquer Greece

Philip II of macedon

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