They bullied because when the people of Melos didn't want to fight on the Athenians side against the Spartans, the Athenians killed the men and enslaved the women and also the children. They're Losers because at the end of the Peloponnesian War, Athens were defeated by Sparta.
C. Three equal branches with different powers
Germany in general experienced great financial issues after World War I and II, because they took the biggest toll as they lost both times and took the blame for both wars. So financially, they faced many problems.
They where big trading cities that many people wanted to control and because of it geographic location it was used as a cultural hearth
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