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?
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.
Persian WarsHow 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).
Peloponnesian Wars
 Fought between which countries?
 How did it start?
 How did it end?
 What were the longer term effects?
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)
Peloponnesian WarsHow 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.
Punic Wars
 Fought between which countries?
 How did it start?
 How did it end?
 What were the longer term effects?
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
Punic WarsHow 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”)