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499 BCE
Persian War
The Persian war tried to fight and win Greece 3 times but they failed. After Athenians helped them consist in the Persian Empire, they wanted to revenge. In addition, Anatolia had a revolution to Persian rule. Darius put down the revolution and promised to defeat Athens. Also Greeks won the marathon. Foot soldiers fought with spear and shield. Seven thousand Greek soldiers and 300 Spartans fought against 10000 Persians but Spartans lost.Greeks won the Persian Wars. -
480 BCE
Golden Age of Athens
During golden age, Athens became wealthy and they were powerful delian leader after the Persian wars. During Persians war and Peloponnesian wars the golden age appeared. Pericles developed democracy and made Athens and building(Parthenon) graceful. Also Pericles was leader of Athens and had strongest navy. There were 3 types of Greek columns. Also, there were Classical Art. Basic column was Doric and spiral was Ionic and most fancy was Corinthian. Classical Art had human nude in common. -
431 BCE
Peloponnesian War
Greek city states leave delian league because Athens got stronger and they developed a powerful navy. They had trading empire and delian league membership fees. Athens punished leaving city states and made Greeks slave. Sparta made Peloponnesian league against Delian League. During the war, pericles hide citizens but almost half dies and Sparta won and Phillip the 2 overcame Greece. Thucydides wrote evidence of the war. -
356 BCE
Alexander The Great
Phillip 2 king was overcame Greece when Greek city states were weakened. Phillip the 2 died at daughter's wedding and Alexander the Great became a king. Alexander was smart and well trained military officer. Alexander the Great made Greece better and Persian Empire.Alexander died at 33 and his empire split up.