POLS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Normative Economics, Hans Morgenthau, Siege Of Melos

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2200
• Professor: Janine Clark

Document Summary

Greece: in aftermath of the persian wars between greek city states and the persian empire (500-479. ), the greek poleis (city states) formed two alliances or leagues. The delian league and the peloponnesian league: athens supplied most of the military force to the delian league thanks to its superior naval fleet the. The first alliance was the delian league other city states provided financial support. Sparta was originally offered leadership of the league but declined. Sparta became the hegemon of the land-based peloponnesian league (spartan alliance) Peloponnesian war: athens transformed the delian league into an athenian empire. Sparta and many other greek states came to fear athens"s growing power when athens attempted to gain control of supplies of grain, timber, and precious metals at their source, sparta declared war. The result was the peloponnesian war (431-404) in which the majority of city states divided up into two sides led by athens and sparta.