They were very separated by the mountainous land, but in the Battle of Salamis Sparta and Athens united to take down the Persians.
Athens and Sparta were independent City-States and therefore were not especially close. However, the Greeks did unite to repel foreign invasions. One of the reasons that Sparta and Athens went to war (The peloponnesian war), was because after the city of Athens was destroyed by Persian invaders, the Athenians stole large sums of money from the Delian League to rebuild their city (and also some of their most famous modern wonders, such as the Parthenon), which was a national treasury set up by the primary City-States of Greece. This action enraged the Spartans in particular, and caused the war.
Notes in Bullet Point Format from College Prepatory Class: The Age of Pericles: -Pericles was an Athenian leader who was also: -a great general -an orator (public speaker) -a statesman -held public office -active in public life -from 461 BC to 429 BC (30 years) -his leadership was very important to Athenian success -during the Age of Pericles: -Athens reached its peak of: -power -wealth -democracy -all male citizens, except for lowest class, could hold public office -officeholders -were paid a salary -chosen by a lot so that no one had an advantage -however: -women rarely took part in public life -many residents were not citizens -many residents were slaves -During Pericles rule, he: -strengthened and extended the empire -established colonies of Athenian citizens in: -important areas -rebellious areas -used Athenian navy -to keep the Persians out of the Aegean Sea -brought stability and prosperity to the eastern Mediterranean region -Athenian system of weights and measures became standard throughout the empire -however: -members of the Delian League -pro: received these benefits -con: lost their independence -The Athens Empire and the Delian League: -although Athens' government was democratic, the Delian League was not -Athens made all the decisions -Pericles moved treasury from Delos to Athens -used the money for the good of Athens -forced more city-states to join the league -sometimes Athenian forces had to put down revolts by other city-state The Peloponnesian War: -Pericles failed to unite Greece under Athens. -discontent grew -quarrels over trade divided Athens and Corinth -tensions grew between Athens and Sparta -until war broke out in 431 BC -called the Peloponnesian War -another name for Sparta is Peloponnesus -Sparta: -stronger army -surrounded Athens -siege continued for years because Athens was able to import food -Athens: -had a better navy -people took refuge behind city walls -a plague broke out killing many, including Pericles -Peloponnesian War continued for 27 years -Sparta along with Persia's help was able to block Athens' food supply -starving Athenians surrendered in 404 BC -after this war, Greece was politically unstable -many Greeks felt only a foreign power could untie Greece -it would be many years before this would pass -however, Greek civilizations still made great advances during this time Notes in Bullet Point Format from College Prepatory Class: The Age of Pericles: -Pericles was an Athenian leader who was also: -a great general -an orator (public speaker) -a statesman -held public office -active in public life -from 461 BC to 429 BC (30 years) -his leadership was very important to Athenian success -during the Age of Pericles: -Athens reached its peak of: -power -wealth -democracy -all male citizens, except for lowest class, could hold public office -officeholders -were paid a salary -chosen by a lot so that no one had an advantage -however: -women rarely took part in public life -many residents were not citizens -many residents were slaves -During Pericles rule, he: -strengthened and extended the empire -established colonies of Athenian citizens in: -important areas -rebellious areas -used Athenian navy -to keep the Persians out of the Aegean Sea -brought stability and prosperity to the eastern Mediterranean region -Athenian system of weights and measures became standard throughout the empire -however: -members of the Delian League -pro: received these benefits -con: lost their independence -The Athens Empire and the Delian League: -although Athens' government was democratic, the Delian League was not -Athens made all the decisions -Pericles moved treasury from Delos to Athens -used the money for the good of Athens -forced more city-states to join the league -sometimes Athenian forces had to put down revolts by other city-state The Peloponnesian War: -Pericles failed to unite Greece under Athens. -discontent grew -quarrels over trade divided Athens and Corinth -tensions grew between Athens and Sparta -until war broke out in 431 BC -called the Peloponnesian War -another name for Sparta is Peloponnesus -Sparta: -stronger army -surrounded Athens -siege continued for years because Athens was able to import food -Athens: -had a better navy -people took refuge behind city walls -a plague broke out killing many, including Pericles -Peloponnesian War continued for 27 years -Sparta along with Persia's help was able to block Athens' food supply -starving Athenians surrendered in 404 BC -after this war, Greece was politically unstable -many Greeks felt only a foreign power could untie Greece -it would be many years before this would pass -however, Greek civilizations still made great advances during this time Notes in Bullet Point Format from College Prepatory Class: The Age of Pericles: -Pericles was an Athenian leader who was also: -a great general -an orator (public speaker) -a statesman -held public office -active in public life -from 461 BC to 429 BC (30 years) -his leadership was very important to Athenian success -during the Age of Pericles: -Athens reached its peak of: -power -wealth -democracy -all male citizens, except for lowest class, could hold public office -officeholders -were paid a salary -chosen by a lot so that no one had an advantage -however: -women rarely took part in public life -many residents were not citizens -many residents were slaves -During Pericles rule, he: -strengthened and extended the empire -established colonies of Athenian citizens in: -important areas -rebellious areas -used Athenian navy -to keep the Persians out of the Aegean Sea -brought stability and prosperity to the eastern Mediterranean region -Athenian system of weights and measures became standard throughout the empire -however: -members of the Delian League -pro: received these benefits -con: lost their independence -The Athens Empire and the Delian League: -although Athens' government was democratic, the Delian League was not -Athens made all the decisions -Pericles moved treasury from Delos to Athens -used the money for the good of Athens -forced more city-states to join the league -sometimes Athenian forces had to put down revolts by other city-state The Peloponnesian War: -Pericles failed to unite Greece under Athens. -discontent grew -quarrels over trade divided Athens and Corinth -tensions grew between Athens and Sparta -until war broke out in 431 BC -called the Peloponnesian War -another name for Sparta is Peloponnesus -Sparta: -stronger army -surrounded Athens -siege continued for years because Athens was able to import food -Athens: -had a better navy -people took refuge behind city walls -a plague broke out killing many, including Pericles -Peloponnesian War continued for 27 years -Sparta along with Persia's help was able to block Athens' food supply -starving Athenians surrendered in 404 BC -after this war, Greece was politically unstable -many Greeks felt only a foreign power could untie Greece -it would be many years before this would pass -however, Greek civilizations still made great advances during this time
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The war against Persia. It united all of Greece, including Athens and Sparta.
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They were very separated by the mountainous land, but in the Battle of Salamis Sparta and Athens united to take down the Persians.
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They united 180 Greek city-states into several alliances, the first led by Sparta, the next led by Athens.
Athens and Sparta were independent City-States and therefore were not especially close. However, the Greeks did unite to repel foreign invasions. One of the reasons that Sparta and Athens went to war (The peloponnesian war), was because after the city of Athens was destroyed by Persian invaders, the Athenians stole large sums of money from the Delian League to rebuild their city (and also some of their most famous modern wonders, such as the Parthenon), which was a national treasury set up by the primary City-States of Greece. This action enraged the Spartans in particular, and caused the war.
Sparta and Athens were natural allies who provided support to each other - Sparta leading the Dorian bloc of independent city-states, Athens the Ionian bloc, with both interested in maintaining peace. So when a Persian expedition was sent to subdue Athens in 490 BCE after its interference in the Ionian Revolt against Persia, Athens naturally asked Sparta for support (however Athens had defeated the Persians at Marathon by the time the Spartans arrived). When Persia sent a full scale invasion in 480 BCE, the southern Greek city-states united to repel it under the leadership of Sparta with Athens providing the largest naval component. They remained friends and allies until 460 BCE, when Athens sent an army to help the Spartans put down a revolt of its serf population. During this campaign they fell out and avoided each other. After the Persians agreed to peace the Athenians turned the Delian League into an empire of its own, became over-adventurous and clashed openly with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, resulting in the 27-year Peloponnesian War which Athens lost.
The Persians who was led by Xerxes .
It was in their interests to join with the other Greek city-states in a coalition to defend their mutual interests and cities.
The kidnapping of Helen of Sparta by Paris, Prince of Troy, gave all the Greek States an excuse to unite and go to war against Sparta.
Atoms of different elements unite during chemical changes to produce compounds.