Examining Greek City- States: AthensOcean Check150817670GG 271 OC2Dr. Marinel MandresMay 24, 2019
1CheckIntroduction:Examining the changing nature of Greek city-states due to war, conflict and location isessential as the Peloponnesian wars were a dark and uncertain time in Greek history. City-stateswould be drastically changed due to the destruction of war as cities needed repairing andrebuilding. The Peloponnesian war from 431 BC – 404 BC would drastically influence Greekurbanization from 450 BC to 366 BC as the devastation of cities and surrounding rural areawould ultimately shape the internal layout, major morphemically features and urban history ofAthenian and the Delian league.1Body:City Locations:Before discussing the locational position of the cities via map one must understand thatancient Greece entailed a multitude of maps during the era. Map boundaries and decision makingcame from Rulers of the city-states or Landowners. Natural disasters would take their toll onGreek cities, altering mapping as natural disasters including; volcanoes, crustal movements andearthquakes changed local landscapes.2Below one can examine a map of the Athenian empire around 440 BC showing the twomain juggernauts with influence within the region the time. First being Athens and the Delianleague located in the coastal areas of the Aegean sea were inhabitants of the Athenian empirereside. Secondly the city-state of Sparta and the Peloponnesian league.The map notes importantneutral states such as Crete and Epirus as well as neighbouring states of the Persian empire of;Illyria, Trace while including areas of Lucania, Calabria, Apulia, Lucania Latuim and Brutism.1 [ CITATION Tho12 \l 4105 ]2 [ CITATION Red88 \l 4105 ]
2Check(Source: University Press)The second map seen below depicts ancient Greece amidst 700 BC and 211 BC assurrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea and previously mentioned Aegean sea.Made up with various island sizes, there were two critical geographical features affecting Greekcities, the multiple seas and mountains surrounding the area. Mountains ranged throughoutancient Greece from inland as well to the seaside, separating many cities from one another suchas Macedonia, Thrace; Thessaly and Boeotia; Attica, Laconia and Messenia.
3Check(Source: University Press)The third photo below examines Athens and its harbours in which we identify thePhaleric wall running from Athens to Broadbeach being a Harbour until the 5th century. Saidwall was a 200-yard difference from Athens to Piraeus during 461BC and 456BC. Themistoclesfortified Piraeus during 493-492 BC by an Orthogonal grid plan aimed to organize the sprawlingcities of ancient Greece.3The first and largest of the three ports that made up Piraeus wasKantharos, used for commercial activity while Zea and Munichia were reserved for military use.
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