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What saw a united Athens and Sparta against an Asian?
The Persian attempt to appoint a Persian governor of mainland Greece to stop Greek interference in the Greek city-states within the Persian Empire in Asia Minor.
What geographical feature separated most of Greece from the Persian empire?
The Aegean Sea separated it from mainland Greece, however there were over 100 Greek city-states within the Persian empire in Asia Minor and the Islands, and those cities were the bone of contention which gave rise to the Greek-Persian Wars.
Why did the ancient Greeks fight a war with the Persian Empire?
The Persians were tired of the mainland Greek city-states supporting revolts by the Greek cities in Asia Minor (part of the Persian empire) and decided to incorporate mainland Greece within their empire to ensure ongoing peace. Some of the mainland Greek city-states submitted to Persia, the southern ones resisted.
Is Persia the same size as ancient Greece?
The Persian Empire stretched from Libya to Central Asia. The Greek world stretched from Western Europe to Asia Minor.
Why do you think the Persian Empire never again regained the heights it had reached under Darius 1?
Its attempts to gain control over the Greek world were repelled, and after 50 years of unsuccessful warfare, it was forced to agree to stay out of Greek city-states in Asia Minor and the islands. Persia took advantage of resumed Greek infighting amongst each other, retook Asia Minor and imposed the 'King's Peace' to stop the Greek internecine fighting spilling over into its empire, but Alexander the Great took over the Persian Empire and made it his own.
What Greek conquered Asia Minor and the Persian Empire?
It was not a Greek who conquered Asia Minor and the Persian Empire, it was the Macedonian king Alexander the Great
Greek who conquered Asia Minor and Persian Empire?
It was not a Greek, it was Alexander the Great, a Macedonian.
How did the greek-Persian war begin?
The Greek city-states in Asia Minor revolted against rule by the Persian Empire.
What caused the Persian war to start?
The Greek city-states in Asia Minor within the Persian Empire revolted.
Who started Persian war?
The Ionian Revolt from 499 BCE in which the Greek city-states in Asia Minor within the Persian Empire tried to throw off Persian rule.
Who was the greek that conquered Asia minor and Persian empire?
He was a Macedonian - Alexander III, called The Great.
How did the location of the Persian empire influence Greek culture?
The other way around - Greek culture influenced the Persian Empire - first because of the couple of hundred Greek city-states located in Asia Minor and the Islands which were part of the Persian Empire, and later by Alexander the Great's takeover of the Empire, and the partially-successful attempts by him and his successors to introduce Greek culture throughout the Empire.
Who were the opponents in the Persian war?
The Persian Empire versus a coalition of Greek city-states led first by Sparta, then Athens.
What is the revised Grecian Empire and Persian Empire today?
There was no Grecian empire. The Greek world comprised hundreds of independent city-states stretching from Spain to Asia Minor. The Persian Empire stretched from Libya to Pakistan.
What was the cause of war between Greece and the Persian Empire?
Greek city-states within the Persian Empire in Asia Minor were induced to revolt against Persian rule, and it expanded to include mainland Greece.
Who was given Asia Minor and most of the Persian Empire to rule.?
Asia Minor was part of the Persian Empire. Alexander the Great took the Persian Empire by military conquest.
What saw a united Athens and Sparta against an Asian?
The Persian attempt to appoint a Persian governor of mainland Greece to stop Greek interference in the Greek city-states within the Persian Empire in Asia Minor.
