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The Greek Adventure 3 (The Peloponnesian War (Greeks' victory in the…

- - - - The Delian League
    - - responsible for bringing Athens into conflict with Corinth(one of Sparta's Peloponnesian allies
        
        Corinth asked Sparta for help - Spartans warned Athenians to back down - Pericles responded with war
  - - - antidemocratic forces within the polis gained strength
        
        athenians tried to weaken Sparta by attacking its allies but it didn't work
        
        Spartans strike back and defeated Athenians at sea
- - - - First Persian War
        
        ended with Athenian victory
        
        athenians vs Persians (Darius I)
      - Second Persian War (480-478 BCE)
        
        fought on both land and sea
        
        resulted in a Greek victory
      - by the end of these wars - the Greeks had turned back the attempt of the Asian empire to establish a universal monarchy over the Mediterranean basin
      - crucial turning point for Western civilization