1. Do-now
What are some reasons why city-states would fight? Give at least 2 examples.

2. Section 3 Victory and Defeat in the Greek World
Main Idea- Competition among the Greek City-States led to conflict

3. 500 B.C. Athens is wealthiest Greek City State (why?)
But they are faced with a threat- the Persians

4. The Persian Wars
Athens aids Ionian city-states (modern-day Turkey) in their battles with the Persians (why?)
Persia defeats the Ionians and wants revenge on the Athenians for helping them

5. Darius
The Persian leader sends an army to destroy Athens

6. Marathon
Athenian troops defeat the Persian troops at marathon

7. Xerxes Darius’s son attacks Athens with a larger Persian army
Sparta helps defend Athens

8. Spartans Persians?
VS.

9. Defeat… Persian troops destroy Sparta and Athens
The Athenian navy however defeats the Persian navy and wins the war

10. Athens
Becomes the most powerful city-state in Greece after the Persian Wars

11. What is an Alliance?

12. What is an Alliance?
A formal agreement between 2 or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense.

13. Delian League Creates an alliance of Greek city-states
Encourages them to develop democratic systems of government

14. Pericles Athens has a golden age during Pericles term
Known as the Age of Pericles

15. Athens in the Age of Pericles
Direct Democracy
2. Stipend-men paid for public office
3. Jury-
4. Ostracism-banish public figures that threatened democracy
(He also gave a great speech)

16. Look at page 113
Put the four quotes regarding “How Should a Society’s Leaders Be Chosen” into order:
Most Democratic Least Democratic

17. The Peloponnesian War
Who:
Where:
Why:
When:
What:
Outcome:

18. HW The Peloponnesian War
Who: Athens and Sparta
Where: Pelopennesia
Why: many Greeks outside of Athens resented its power
When: 431 B.C. war broke out- lasted 27 years
What: Sparta and its allies created the Peloponnesian League to counter Delian league
Outcome: Sparta defeats Athens- end of Democratic rule