Ancient Greek City-States

I agree, the Ancient Greek city-states were often at odds with each other. People

from other city-states were not as highly regarded as they regarded themselves and they

mostly went to war with each other for control over the peninsula. When the Persians

threatened all of Greece, they had no choice but to unite. This also showed them an

enemy that was far more different from them than people from other Greek-city states.

Continuous conflict and competition between city-states broke down a sense of

community in Greece. Constant war divided the Greek city-states into shifting alliances;

it was also very costly to all the citizens.

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