HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Greece and Persia
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Macedonia and Crete
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Sparta and Athens
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as the democratic reforms of Cleisthenes, which Sparta always opposed.
Detailed explanation-2: -The people of Athens valued art, culture, and education. The people of Sparta valued strength, simplicity, and military skills. Government Athens was a democracy, though only free men could take part in government. Sparta was primarily a military state.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Ancient Greece, the cities of Athens and Sparta were such deadly rivals they were very often at war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Of these, Athens and Sparta were the two most powerful city-states. Athens was a democracy and Sparta had two kings and an oligarchic system, but both were important in the development of Greek society and culture.