made war inevitable‚” (Thucydides). While trade is often associated with facilitating war‚ there exists an obvious link between the growth of power thereof and war. As can be seen in the Peloponnesian War‚ a nation becoming a master of trade creates hostility with nations which want to have that power. Also‚ powerful nations become potential military threats‚ resulting in a dilemma of national security‚ similar to the decline of the Muslim Golden age. Finally‚ trade is also associated with war because
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In History of the Peloponnesian War‚ Thucydides accounts for twenty-one of the twenty-seven years of the Peloponnesian war. This was fought between two major Greek powers‚ The Delian League; led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League; led by Sparta. Unfortunately‚ due to his death‚ Thucydides was unable to finish writing for the full twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates
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the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars. Between 431 and 404 BC‚ Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War‚ from which it emerged victorious‚ though at great cost. Sparta ’s defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta ’s prominent role in Greece. However‚ it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC. Military The Spartan City produced what is probably the most iconic military
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‘The war of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians’. He is the first western historians who strictly chronicled nearly 30 years of war between Athens and Sparta. The Peloponnesian War‚ one the largest conflicts in the Greek City State era. When Thucydides wrote about the war between Athens and Sparta he says: “beginning at the moment that it broke out‚ and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it.” According to Thucydides‚ the Peloponnesian War
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described and analyzed the motives of the infamous Peloponnesian War. The war was between two powerful city-states: Athens and Sparta. The conflict arose due to excessive power. The Athenians were optimistic that they were the driving force that led Greece and all of its city-states. Specifically‚ the historian focuses on the funeral oration presented by Pericles. Pericles‚ ironically‚ doesn’t display sorrow but displays comfort and proud of what each individual has contributed to Athens. For Pericles
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for centuries. These two Greek city-states fought together in the Greco-Persian war‚ but when the Persians retreated‚ tension rose. Athens gained more power than they needed‚ plunging the two cities into nearly three decades of war. The outcome was devastating. Although Sparta won‚ they were extremely demoralized. Athens was bankrupt and exhausted‚ and neither city regained the military strength they once had. This infamous conflict came to be known as the Peloponnesian War. Sparta was an important
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African Nationalism What impact did WWI have on African nationalism? Due to the effects of the war‚ many of the European nations needed more soldiers and jobs to be taken up for progress. Even though they fought courageously for the nations of others‚ they received nothing in return. They were disappointed and distraught by this outcome. From the Peace conference of Versailles‚ ideas of self-determination from Woodrow Wilson and notion of accountability of colonial powers reached the African colonies
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a german philosopher‚ theologian‚ anti-Nazi dissident‚ and key founding member of the Confessing Church. Without his efforts to help in World War 2 there wouldn’t have been such a positive impact in this situation. He was also a musician and a poet‚ and was very well respected in the Christian community‚ being viewed as a Christian who led to people being more secure in their faith and how they utilized their faith in their everyday life. Dietrich ultimately lost his life
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In The Peloponnesian War‚ by Thucydides‚ translated by Steven Lattimore‚ Perikles celebrates many aspects of Athenian society in his funeral oration; the form of government‚ the celebrations or events that take place as well as attraction sites‚ and the type of education for children (92‚ 93). Perikles starts off by stating that their form of government‚ a Democracy‚ is different from their neighboring countries and that it is “…being administered in the interest not of the few but the many‚” (92)
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Systematic Rationalization of Thucydides ’ Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War‚ being one of the earliest wars with a good historical record‚ sets an important precedent for those interested in international relations. The information related by Thucydides in his writings on the war allows comparisons to be drawn with modern wars and conclusions to be drawn. One of the most important of these conclusions that may be drawn is that‚ like in modern times‚ the balance of power between states in
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