CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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It showed that they had a strong army of foot soldiers.
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It left them weak and unable to defend themselves.
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It gave them control of the Persian Empire.
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It made it possible for them to stop Philip’s invasion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.). This war shifted power from Athens to Sparta, making Sparta the most powerful city-state in the region.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Peloponnesian War weakened Greek civilization militarily and economically. In the war’s aftermath, the city-states of Greece were not as unified as they had once been under the Delian League.
Detailed explanation-3: -Strife among prominent city-states contending with one another for power continued to plague Greece in the years following the Peloponnesian War. The losses of population, the ravages of the plague1, and the financial difficulties2 brought on by the war caused severe hardships for Athens.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Peloponnesian War ended in victory for Sparta and its allies, and led directly to the rising naval power of Sparta. However, it marked the demise of Athenian naval and political hegemony throughout the Mediterranean.