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Wars that start with a P

Wars that start with a P. Persian Wars. Fought between which countries? How did it start? How did it end? What were the longer term effects?. Persian Wars. Fought between which countries? Persia v. Greece (esp. Sparta and Athens) How did it start?

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Wars that start with a P

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  1. Wars that start with a P

  2. Persian Wars • Fought between which countries? • How did it start? • How did it end? • What were the longer term effects?

  3. Persian Wars • Fought between which countries? Persia v. Greece (esp. Sparta and Athens) • How did it start? Athens provoked Persians by supporting Ionian rebellion. Also “earth and water” • How did it end? Greece won- esp. Athens. • What were the longer term effects? • Greece remains independent, confident. • Athens continues experimenting in government and culture. • Athens becomes more powerful and builds Delian League.

  4. Persian Wars- How can I remember you? • For starters, its name- fought between the Persians (and the Greeks) • Also, it is the only one of two sets of wars we really discussed related to Greece (unless you count Troy).

  5. Peloponnesian Wars • Fought between which countries? • How did it start? • How did it end? • What were the longer term effects?

  6. Peloponnesian Wars • Fought between which countries? Sparta and its allies (Peloponnesian League) and Athens and its allies (Delian League) • How did it start? Athens became most powerful city after Persian Wars; Sparta worried about Athens’ power • How did it end? Sparta won • What were the longer term effects? • Much of Greece politically, militarily, and economically weak. • Left open to invasion from Philip II (Macedonians)

  7. Peloponnesian Wars- How can I remember you? • For starters, its name- fought between the Peloponnesians (Sparta and allies) and the Athenians and allies. • Also, it is the only one of two sets of wars we really discussed related to Greece (unless you count Troy). • How can I remember that Sparta won? Well its called Peloponnesian Wars- they won, so its named after them.

  8. Punic Wars • Fought between which countries? • How did it start? • How did it end? • What were the longer term effects?

  9. Punic Wars • Fought between which countries? Rome and Carthage • How did it start? Competing for influence in Western Mediterranean region • How did it end? Rome won • What were the longer term effects? • Rome gains an empire- at first in Western Mediterranean, then in Eastern Med. • Carthage destroyed

  10. Punic Wars- How can I remember you? • For starters, its name- fought between the Carthaginians (Carthage was a Phoenician colony and Punic is Latin name for Phoenicians) • Also, Punic sounds like Punish- which is what Rome does to Carthage (by burning the city and “salting the earth”)

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