AS.190.209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Oligarchy, Distressing, Appeasement
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Peloponnesian war: causes of war 3 images (man, state, war, role of domestic politics in foreign policy, role of domestic politics in determining alliance structure. At the time of the war, there were two great city-states athens and sparta. They had defeated their common enemy of persia and immediately turned on each other. Although both greek city-states, they were both very different. Athens was a democracy rule of the many, a naval power triremes, and dependent on trade very much part of the globalized world of greek city-states. It was also dedicated to the development of individual and culture enrich individual citizens. Athens and sparta had a number of city-states allied to them; there was also a number of neutral city-states. In order to prevent the conflict from escalating, an uneasy truce was established between athens and sparta following the conflict with.