Transcript War in Ancient Greece

Ancient Greek Civilization
War in Ancient Greece
Seat work
Students will quietly enter the room, find your seats
and discuss your three sticky notes on pages 328333 with your row group.
Central question:
How do competing interests in Greece influence how power
was distributed? (6.5j)
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Ancient Greek Civilization
War in Ancient Greece
After the Persian wars, who became the dominant Greek
city-state?
Athens
When did Xerxes invade Greece?
480 B.C.
Name the two Greek Leagues that formed after the wars
with Persia.
The Delian League and the Peloponnesian League.
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Ancient Greek Civilization
Introduction
Chapter Introduction
This chapter will introduce you to Ancient Greek
Civilization. You will learn about the wars that
united and divided the Greeks, and study the
religion, arts, and learning of ancient Greek
Civilization.
Section 1: War in Ancient Greece
Section 2: Alexander’s Empire
Section 3: Ancient Greek Beliefs and Arts
Section 4: Ancient Greek Learning
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Ancient Greek Civilization
War in Ancient Greece
Key Ideas
Greek city-states cooperated to defeat a threat
from the mighty Persian empire.
After the Persian wars, Athens became the
dominant Greek city-state.
Rivalry between Athens and Sparta led to a
series of wars that weakened all of Greece.
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Ancient Greek Civilization
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Key Terms
Battle of Marathon— a battle on the plains
of Marathon, where Mr. Huff runs for 42.2km
with the cheering crowds chanting his name.
Battle of Salamis—a naval battle in which
Athens trapped and destroyed Persia’s huge
navy in a narrow strait, helping to end the
Second Persian War.
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Ancient Greek Civilization
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Key Terms
Battle of Marathon—a battle on the plains of
Marathon, where Greek phalanxes surprised
and defeated the Persian army, ending the
First Persian War.
Battle of Salamis—a naval battle in which
Athens trapped and destroyed Persia’s huge
navy in a narrow strait, helping to end the
Second Persian War.
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Ancient Greek Civilization
War in Ancient Greece
Key Terms
Delian League—an alliance that Athens
formed for mutual protection with other citystates after the Second Persian War
Peloponnesian League—an alliance that
Sparta formed with other oligarchies in
response to Athenian control of the Delian
League.
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Ancient Greek Civilization
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The Persian Wars
546 B.C.
Persia conquers the Ionian city-states.
500 B.C.
The Ionian city-states rebel.
490 B.C.
Darius invades Greece.
The Greeks defeat Persia at the Battle of Marathon.
480 B.C.
Xerxes invades Greece.
The Greeks defeat Persia at the Battle of Salamis.
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Ancient Greek Civilization
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Turning Points
What caused Darius to try
to conquer Greece in 490 B.C.?
How did the Greeks win the First Persian War?
What was Themistocles’ trap?
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Rival Leagues
After the Second Persian War, city-states on the Aegean
Sea formed the Delian League for protection. Athens took
control of the Delian League .
In response, Sparta joined other oligarchies in the
Peloponnesian League.
These two leagues were soon engaged in a deadly
rivalry.
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Ancient Greek Civilization
War in Ancient Greece
The Peloponnesian War
In 431 B.C., Sparta marched into Athens’s
territory, starting the Peloponnesian War.
Plague broke out during Sparta’s year-long
siege of Athens.
The Peloponnesian War dragged on for
27 years, with periodic truces.
Athens surrendered after Sparta cut off
Athens’s food supply.
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Balance of Power
Why do you think the Peloponnesian War
lasted so long?
Why do you think Persia gave money
to Sparta for a new navy?
What effect did Sparta’s new navy have
on its power struggle with Athens?
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