Name: _________________________________
Per. ____________
Date___________
Causes & Effects of the ancient Greek Wars
WAR
CAUSES
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TROJAN WAR
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DATE: 1200 – 1190 B.C.E.
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PERSIAN WARS
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DATE: __499 - 479 B.C.E.___
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Troy located at the only
connection between Black and
Aegean Seas
Centrally located in the Aegean
World; became trade center
Greeks wanted to control this
location to keep control over the
trade and colonization of the
region
Greed, jealously, power, $
Helen, Queen of Sparta, was
stolen by Paris, Prince of Troy
Ionian colonies tired of Persian
taxes, fighting in their military
rebelled
Darius wanted to keep control and
extend territory, power, wealth:
greed
Greeks
developing
a
new
threatening form of gov’t:
democracy
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PELOPONNESIAN WAR
DATE: _431 -404 B.C.E.____
The city of Megara was banned
from trading at the Athenian
Agora
- Athens and Corinth fought a naval
battle over representation in the
trade centers
- Sparta grew jealous of Athens'
power and declared war.
EFFECTS
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Troy was destroyed, its citizens
killed or enslaved
Greeks control the major trade
center and trade route of the
region
Greeks returned to Greece w/
more resources, power, and $
Helen is returned to Greece
Homer’s Epic Poems – 400 years
later
-Greeks win, but cities are destroyed,
huge loss of life
- Xerxes embarrassed, and Persian Empire
stopped from expanding further into
Europe
- Golden Age of Athens, becomes the
most powerful/influential polis: peace,
prosperity, democracy & freedom cultural
advances
- Greek legacy survives and helps shape
the world
- Sparta wins the war, but fighting
between the city-states continued
- Philip II of Macedonia knew the Greeks
were divided and weak. He attacked and
defeated the Greeks.
- Philip's son, Alexander, would extend
Macedonian rule spreading Greek ideals
throughout the region