Answer:The Peloponnesian War ended in victory for Sparta and its allies, but signaled the demise of Athenian naval and political hegemony throughout the Mediterranean. Democracy in Athens was briefly overthrown in 411 BCE as a result of its poor handling of the Peloponnesian War.
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The separate colonies formed a tighter and tighter unit because they didn't want to be apart of British rule anymore, and all shared similar ideas which brought them together over time. They did not believe in the taxation and British control that they were experiencing especially when they had no say in British parliament. The Boston Massacre was a huge turning point in uniting the colonies, as that is when all of them realized they wanted their own independence away from Britain. They also realized that strength was bigger in numbers and if all of them were together they could break away from Britain's rule more quickly and effectively.
I know the Aksumite empire was the first to practice Christianity and then 2 centuries later the Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia empires joined in their following of Christianity