1. 4-3: C LASSICAL G REECE Persian War Athenian Empire Peloponnesian War

2. P ERSIAN W AR Athenian navy assists unsuccessful revolt of Ionians, 499 BCE Greeks unify for once against Persian threat Athens builds massive navy Rise of Athens Delian League CausesEffects

4. P ERSIAN WAR D ETAILS 480 BCE Persians invade Athens had built huge navy Themistocles Battle of Thermopylae “300” Athens abandoned as Persians advance Battle of Salamis Major navy victory 479 BCE Battle of Plataea Persians defeated

5. A THENIAN E MPIRE Liberated Greek city- states held by Persia “Age of Pericles” Direct democracy Male citizens Meet each 10 days Ostracism Rebuilding project in aftermath of war destruction 300,000 pop. ~1/3 slaves Economy = farming and trade 50-80% of grain imported Family structure Women

6. A GE OF P ERICLES

8. P ELOPONNESIAN WAR 431-405 BCE

9. P ELOPONNESIAN W AR Sparta & allies conflict with Athens & Delian League Athens took from the Delian League treasury Threat of overpowering neighbors Ideology differences Ruinous for Greece Easy pickings for powerful neighbors Macedonia CausesEffects

10. P ELOPONNESIAN W AR 431 BCE starts Athens’ strategy: stay put behind walls, supplied from colonies by navy Sparta’s strategy: surround Athens – open combat 429 BCE plague (30% mortality) 25 year struggle! 405 BCE Battle of Aegospotami Sparta stoops to using a navy Athens falls in a year – walls torn down, etc.