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Golden Age Research Paper

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The Golden Age emerged after the Persians were defeated in war. It laid the foundations of western civilization where advancements in areas such as art, literature, poetry and philosophy were made.One circumstance that led to the end of the Athenian Golden Age was the murderous war between Athens and Sparta ( Barrett, n,d). During the time of the Golden age the two most powerful city states were Athens and Sparta. Athens wanted to be stronger and Sparta wanted to weaken Athens.In fact Sparta did not like how the Athenian govenment collected taxes for the Delian League and showed off their wealth by building a colossal temple to their goddess Athena.Due to their conflicts the Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 BC between Athens and Sparta.

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