In medicine, ablation is the same as removal of a part of biological tissue, usually by surgery. Surface ablation of the skin (dermabrasion, also called resurfacing because it induces regeneration) can be carried out by chemicals (chemoablation), by lasers (laser ablation), or by electricity (fulguration).
The struggle for supremacy in Greece that had begun eighty years earlier with the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War had finally ended in a stalemate of exhaustion that opened the way for a new powerâ the kingdom of Macedonia. The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.
History of the Peloponnesian War. 10th-century minuscule manuscript of Thucydides's History. The History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek: Î¹ÏÏÎ¿ÏÎ¯Î± ÏÎ¿Ï ÏÎµÎ»Î¿ÏÎ¿Î½Î½Î·ÏÎ¹Î±ÎºÎ¿Ï ÏÎ¿Î»Î­Î¼Î¿Ï) is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431â404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).