CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Athens entered a “golden age” of art and culture.
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The Greek city-states were conquered by Macedonia.
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Athens was forced to give up its democratic form of government.
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The Greeks defeated an invading Persian army.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This war shifted power from Athens to Sparta, making Sparta the most powerful city-state in the region.
Detailed explanation-2: -The longest-lasting democratic leader was Pericles. After his death, Athenian democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolutions in 411 and 404 BC, towards the end of the Peloponnesian War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Athenian coup of 411 BC was the result of a revolution that took place during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. The coup overthrew the democratic government of ancient Athens and replaced it with a short-lived oligarchy known as the Four Hundred.
Detailed explanation-4: -But at its end, a massive Spartan invasion of Attica forced Athens to cede the lands it had won on the Greek mainland, and Athens and Sparta recognized each other’s right to control their respective alliance systems. The war was officially ended by the Thirty Years’ Peace, signed in the winter of 446/5 BC.