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What is the location of the sea battle in which Greeks defeated the Persians?
Take your pick - Salamis, Mycale, Eurymedon, Cyprus and others.
History says what about the Persian Empire Alexander the Great and Ptolemy?
Alexander the great helped the Greeks take out the Persians
When did Persians take over Mesopotamia?
539 BCE.
Why was the Persian Empire so huge?
The Persians allied with the Medes to develop the power to take over Assyrian and Babylonian Empires, then used the accumulated naval and army resources to take i the whole Middle East, Central Asia and Libya-Egypt..
What is the difference between the Persians and the Babylonians?
The Babylonians were a people who established an empire in the Middle East. The Persians were a tribe to the east in today's Iran, who established an empire by defeating Medes and used the combined strength to take over the Babylonian Empire.
When did the Greeks stop writing and poverty take over?
In 785 BC!
When did the Persians take Byzantium from the Greeks?
The independent Greek city-state lost its independence in 513 BCE when King Darius I crossed over the Bosporus Strait to further his ambitions in Europe. It regained independence in 479 BCE after Persia was driven from Europe when its invasion failed.
Why did the Persians fight the battle of Salamis?
It was part of an attempt to take over mainland Greece to impose peace in the region. They were opposed by the southern Greek states, which combined their fleets to match that of the Persians.
Why did Philip want to conquer the Greeks then be allies with them?
He wanted to use the Greeks to augment his military power to take over the Persian Empire.
Did Romans conquer Greece in 44 BC?
No, they already had taken over the Greeks. Julius Caesar was preparing to take over the Middle East and Persia to emulate Alexander the Great and, having already taken over western Europe, which Alexander had not achieved, be greater then him. This assassination precluded this.
Did Persians take over Sparta?
No, Sparta remained politically independent until the Roman conquest of 146 BC.
Who did Alexander the Great win the loyalty of?
The Persians he promoted to take leadership roles over the heads of dissident Macedonians.
