Greek wars

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Greek wars

Greek soldiers

Hoplite

Type of Greek soldier

Peltasts

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Persian wars

• Persian empire was big and strong.
• They conquered Greek colonies -> harder to trade for the Greek poleis.
• They revolted against the Persian empire and won.
• Athens became the most important (and strongest) polis.

• Second Persian war: son of Persian king wanted revenge for his father.
• He tried to conquer Athens.
• The Greek poleis won again.

The assignment isn't focused on the Persian wars.

• Perzische Rijk was groot en sterk.
• Ze veroverden Griekse kolonies -> moeilijker om te handelen voor de Grieken.
• Ze kwamen in opstand tegen het Perzische Rijk en wonnen.
• Athene werd de belangrijkste (en sterkste) polis.

• Tweede Perzische oorlog: zoon van de Perzische koning wilde wraak voor zijn vader.
• Hij probeerde Athene te veroveren.
• Griekse poleis wonnen weer.

Peloponnesian war

• After Persian wars. Athens: Delian League & looking for alliances.
• They expanded their power.
• Sparta also wanted power: Peloponnesian League.
• Sparta vs. Athens: who is the strongest?
• 457 BC: Athens tried to steal Spartan allies.
• 431: Athens tried to steal Corinth and the real war began.  

• Na de Perzische Oorlogen. Athene: Delische bond en zoekt naar bondgenootschappen.
• Ze vergroten hun macht.
• Sparta wilt ook meer macht: Peloponnesische bond.
• Sparta vs. Athene: wie is de sterkste?
• 457 v. Chr. Athene probeert Spartaanse bondgenoten te stelen.
• 431: Athene probeert Korinthe te stelen: echte oorlog begint.

The fall of Athens

• Pericles (Athens) kept the Spartans away for some time.
• But Pericles dies from the plague.
• Athens is taken over by Sparta.
• The end of the Athenian democracy.
• Both poleis lost loads of people and wealth.
• They keep fighting a little bit -> both less important.
• Basically the end of Greek poleis.

- Pericles houdt Spartanen lang buiten.

- Maar later slecht met Athene, Sparta neemt over.

- Einde democratie in Athene.

- Sparta en Athene veel verloren.

- Rol minder belangrijk.

- Wel nog steeds ruzie.

To do

1. Read your textbook, it will help with the assignment.
2. Read the LessonUp slides.
3. Make sure to divide the tasks.
4. Continue working on the Polis assignment.

Make sure to ask questions!

Timeline

Use this link for a timeline of the Peloponnesian wars.