HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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withdrew into permanent isolation
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created the Peloponnesian League
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supported democracy as the form of government
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barred its citizens from trading with the Athenians
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Detailed explanation-1: -Peloponnesian League, also called Spartan Alliance, military coalition of Greek city-states led by Sparta, formed in the 6th century bc.
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: -The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centred on the Peloponnese, which lasted from c. 550 to 366 BC. It is known mainly for being one of the two rivals in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), against the Delian League, which was dominated by Athens.
Detailed explanation-4: -Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World The Delian League was founded in 478 BCE following the Persian War to be a military alliance against any enemies that might threaten Ionian Greeks.