Directions: Answer the question/s below in 1000-1500 words. The assignment must be typed, Times New Roman, 12pt font, double spaced. Please use Chicago Manual Style for both in text quotes and the works cited at the end of your essay. The works cited page and footnotes/endnotes will not be included in your word count. If any of these requirements are not met, you will receive a 0.

Prompt: Greece has a long and complex history. What was the significance of the battle of Thermopylae? How did Athenian expansion lead to the Peloponnesian Wars? And how did Alexander the Great unite Greece and built one of the largest empires in the history of the world?