How did Dauris help Ancient Greece?

Answer 1

-In about 500 BC, Greeks in Asia Minor rebelled against the Persians -Athens helped these city-states in their uprisings -This began a series of conflicts between Greece and Persia known as the Persian Wars -It lasted from about 500 BC to 479 BC (21 years) WARS UNDER DARIUS AND XERXES: -Darius, a Persian ruler: -easily crushed Greek revolts in Asia Minor -also wanted to punish Athens for helping the rebels -hoped to gain control of Greek mainland -in 492 BC, his forces conquered: -Thrace -Macedonia -in 490 BC, the Persians invaded Greece itself -the Athenians defeated the Persians -though the Athenians were outnumbered -in the Battle of Marathon -the Persians withdrew -an uneasy peace lasted for ten years (until 480 BC) -Xerxes, Darius' son: -led an army and fleet against Greece; this time several Greek city-states united to stop the Persians -Persians had to advance through narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae -small force led by 300 Spartans met Persians there -held the pass for 3 days -Persians found another way through the mountains -surrounded the Greeks -Spartans refused to surrender -though greatly outnumbered -fought until they were all killed -Spartans' courage bought time -for the other city-states to prepare their forces -at the Battle of Thermopylae -Persians marched toward Athens -Themistocles, Athens' leader: - told the Athenians to leave the city to escape -Xerxes army entered Athens and destroyed it -Themistocles' trick: -tricked Xerxes into attacking the Athenian fleet (in the narrow Salamis Strait) -Persian navy was larger and less navigatable than the Greek ships -the Greeks sank much of the Persian ships -In 479 BC, the Athenians and the Spartans joined forces: -to defeat the Persians -at Plataea (northwest of Athens) -ending the Persian Wars RESULTS OF THE PERSIAN WAR: -Persians: -meddled in Greek affairs -worked to prevent Greek unity -continued to threat Greeks with an invasion -Greeks: -success gave confidence -unity among the Greek city-states seemed necessary for survival -Athens: -rebuilt city -entered a period of great cultural achievement -began to create its own empire in the Aegean Sea -more successful than Sparta in leadership to unity -by using diplomacy -to form the Delian League -alliance of city-states with Athens as its leader -eventually included 140 other city-states -who each contributed -money or ships -money was kept on the island of Delos (which is were Delian is derived from) -by the 450s BC, Athens built an empire based on the Delian League -Sparta: -wanted Greek unity under its own leadership -however, fear of helot revolt stopped troops from going far for long