CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Creation of the Peloponnesian League and the Delian League
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Rivalry between Athens and Sparta for power in Greece
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Athens’ jealousy over Persian support of Sparta
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Persian attacks on the colonies in Ionia
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of Sparta’s allies, Corinth, had directly engaged the Athenian army. As a Spartan ally, Corinth resumed hostilities toward Athens when Athens threatened Corinth’s interests in the region surrounding Corcyra. This eventually drew Sparta into the conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as the democratic reforms of Cleisthenes, which Sparta always opposed. However, the more immediate reason for the war was Athenian control of the Delian League, the vast naval alliance that allowed it to dominate the Mediterranean Sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Athens was an open society, and Sparta was a closed one. Athens was democratic, and Sparta was ruled by a select few.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which development eventually led to the Peloponnesian war? Rivalry between Athens and Sparta for power in Greece. Which group resented Athens growing power after winning the 2nd persian war?
Detailed explanation-5: -With battles at home and abroad, the long and complex conflict was damaging to both sides. Sparta, with financial help from Persia, finally won the conflict by destroying the Athenian fleet at Aegospotami in 405 BCE.