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How did the Persian War affect the balance of power among the Greek city-states?
A
The city-states came away equal in victory.
B
Sparta rose as Athens fell in power.
C
Athens dominated over other city-states.
D
Ionian Greece fell to the Persians.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The violent actions of Spartan leader Pausanias at the siege of Byzantium, for instance, alienated many of the Greek states from Sparta, and led to a shift in the military command of the Delian League from Sparta to Athens .

Detailed explanation-2: -They strengthened the power and self-confidence of Athens in the first self-preservation exercise after the era of the tyrannical rulers. The city could, based on its military success in these wars, attain after 477 B.C. a political and economic supremacy for a while among the Greeks.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Persian Wars affected the Greek city-states because they came under the leadership of Athens and were to never again invade the Persian Armies. How did the Peloponnesian Wars affect the Greek city-states? The Peloponnesian wars affected them when it led to the decline of Athenian power and continued rivalry.

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