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Why did Greek city-states form the delian league?
they formed the delian league because they had to join toegether to defeat the Persians
Why did city-states join up with Sparta to attack Athens?
Athens, using the spoils of the empire it had made out of the nti-Persian league, was interfering in the city-states of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. This came to a head when Athens tried to destroy the levelihood of Megara, amember of the Peloponnesian League. The other members of the League appealed to Sparta to intervene, Sparta appealed to Athens to lift the action against Megara. An ocer-confident Athens refused and war ensued.
When young men refust to join the army in ancient greek what do they do?
Men simply did not refuse to join the military in ancient Greece. If they did, they would likely have been put to death or exiled.
What caused the people of Athens to join forces with their rival city state Sparta in 480 BC?
In 480 BC, the people of Athens joined forces with Sparta primarily due to the imminent threat posed by the Persian Empire, which was invading Greece. The Persian King Xerxes aimed to conquer the Greek city-states, prompting a need for a united front against the common enemy. Despite their rivalry, Athens and Sparta recognized that their survival depended on collaboration, leading to the formation of the Hellenic League. This alliance culminated in significant battles, notably at Thermopylae and Salamis, where the Greeks successfully resisted Persian advances.
Why in 431 BC did Sparta and other city-states join forces against Athens to fight the war?
After the Persian War, Athens turned the 180 city-states it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own. It then tried to use this power to dominate other city-states. The final straw was when it tried to bankrupt its neighbour Megara, which belonged to the Dorian Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Megara asked for help, Sparta demanded Athens back off, Athens continued and the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War followed.
Why did Greek city-states form the delian league?
they formed the delian league because they had to join toegether to defeat the Persians
Why did Greek city state form the Delian league?
they formed the delian league because they had to join toegether to defeat the Persians
Is it true that Athens formed the Delian League with other city-states including Sparta?
After the Persian invasion was repelled by the coalition of southern Greek cities, Sparta wanted to evacuate the cities in Asia Minor back to Greece to avoid further clashes with the persian Empire. Athens had a better idea - to form a league of Greek city-states in Asia Minor and the Islands against Persian intervention. Sparta was having problems with its restive serf population at home and did not join the Delian League. Athens later turned the League into an empire of its own, and lived high on the proceeds.
Why did Sparta not join the Delian ague?
After Sparta successfully led the repulse of the Persian invasion, it proposed that the Greek cities inside the Persian Empire be evacuated to mainland Greece to end the conflict. Opportunistic Athens countered by forming a league of these cities to continue war. Sparta, facing a serf revolt at home left them to it.
What city state controlled Greece after the Persian wars?
There were two major groupings of city-states - the Athenian league/empire, and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.Initially Athens which had led the Greeks in the second half of the wars, and when peace was arranged, turned the Greek coalition, which it led, into an empire of its own. It used this to try to dominate the Greek world, but over-reached itself and was defeated and stripped of it empire, leaving Sparta as dominant power until Thebes displaced it. All this so weakened the Greek cities that Macedonia was able to dominate them.
Why did city-states join up with Sparta to attack Athens?
Athens, using the spoils of the empire it had made out of the nti-Persian league, was interfering in the city-states of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. This came to a head when Athens tried to destroy the levelihood of Megara, amember of the Peloponnesian League. The other members of the League appealed to Sparta to intervene, Sparta appealed to Athens to lift the action against Megara. An ocer-confident Athens refused and war ensued.
What were two reasons Sparta chose to join the war against the Persians?
There were many reasons for the wars between the Greek States and Persia, one of which would be the fact that Sparta had to protect its' state against the invaders. Secondly, you have to remember that Sparta had valuable allies, allies which it had to assist - if Sparta hadn't, many of it's allies would naturally leave the Peloponnesian league and join Athens' Empire, leaving Sparta even more vulnerable.
Why did the US refuse to join the League of Nations following world war 1?
Because your dumb stupid and NO ONE LIKES YOU lol (:
Why did the US refuse to join the League of Nations following world war 2?
the US didn't want to get caught in in European affairs again
What was the focus of life in Sparta?
join the military
Who did Athens and Sparta join together to beat?
The Persian invasion.
Why did Austria refuse to join the Zollverein?
they couldn't afford it...
