HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Sparta refused to join Athens in the Delian League
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Athens quit the Peloponnesian League, causing people to get mad at them.
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Greek cities feared Athens was becoming too powerful and would control Greece.
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Athens joined forces with the Persians, their enemies in the Persian Wars.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sparta feared that Athens was becoming too powerful and tried to avert war. The Spartans believed that peace was possible if the Athenians would revoke measures against Sparta’s ally, Megara.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the historian Thucydides, the Peloponnesian War began: Because of the growing power of Athens, and the fear and envy this power inspired in Sparta. Why was the Peloponnesian War deadlocked for an extended period of time? Athens could not defeat Sparta on land, and Sparta could not defeat Athens at sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Peloponnesian War, (431–404 bc)War fought between Athens and Sparta, the leading city-states of ancient Greece, along with their allies, which included nearly every other Greek city-state. Its principal cause was a fear of Athenian imperialism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Athens. Athens emerged as the dominant economic power in Greece around the late sixth century BCE, its power and wealth was further bolstered by the discovery of silver in the neighboring mountains. Athens was at the center of an efficient trading system with other Greek city states.