The Peloponnese War had brought the Greeks together because it had took place between the Athenian empire and Peloponnese league lead by the Spartans. The Peloponnese league was a coalition of the Thebes, Corinth and Sparta.
Lincoln's election served as the main catalyst of the American Civil War. The United States had become increasingly sectionally divided during the 1850s, primarily over extending slavery into the Western territories.
The Ancient Greek had a government called Constitutional Republic. Which means, that the country is considered a "public matter, not the private concern or property of the rulers.
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