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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Two important cities in ancient Greece:
A
Athens and Sofia
B
Athens and Sparta
C
Sparta and Rome
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There grew to be over 1, 000 city-states in ancient Greece, but the main poleis were Athína (Athens), Spárti (Sparta), Kórinthos (Corinth), Thíva (Thebes), Siracusa (Syracuse), Égina (Aegina), Ródos (Rhodes), Árgos, Erétria, and Elis.

Detailed explanation-2: -In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, Lakedaímōn), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Peloponnesian War was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta-the two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece at the time (431 to 405 B.C.E.).

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