HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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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 Greek 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 origins of the war are to be found in not only the rivalry between Athens and Sparta but in the larger political divisions of Greece into competing city-states, as well as in the tensions stemming from the Delian League.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Athens was an open society, and Sparta was a closed one. Athens was democratic, and Sparta was ruled by a select few.