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This is not an easy question to answer simply. First you must understand that ancient Greece was never a united empire like Egypt or rome. Each Greek city was independent of all others. the exceptions to this were the delian league which was really more of an Athenian empire because Athens had the largest navy at the time, after the Persian wars.
Delian....Empire?After Xerxes I's invasion of Greece in 480BC, a collection of city states grouped together as a way of getting their own back and protecting themselves from the Persian threat. Athens, at the Head of the Delian League was in a position of Authority over the others. She contributed the most ships, and organised the treasury. All nice and happy. But not for long. Once the Persian threat had long since gone, a few states decided they no longer wanted to pay the tribute to keep the league running and tried to leave. Athens was having none of this. Athens quickly began to intimidate the other states with her vast navy. This happened until the League treasury, on the island of Delos, was moved. To Athens. From this point on, the pact of city states began to look very much like an Athenian empire. Sparta, at the head of it's own league, the Hellenic League, was having none of this. The Pelopponesian War broke out, Athens began by winning, but after the death of Pericles in an outbreak of measles, Athens hadn't a hope. Sparta ended their empire.
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∙ 11y agoThe Romans got an empire by building one. They gained territory by conquest, treaty and in some cases inheritance. They were able to control and keep the territories by applying Roman laws and giving certain rights to the provinces and also by the presence of their army.
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∙ 13y agoThey went to war - and successively conquered neighboring territories.
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Because of TRADING
What early advantage did the Persian Empire have over the Greeks in weaponry?
The Persian Empire had an advanced military system. In their early conflicts with the Greeks, the Persians had developed a powerful bow that could shoot arrows over several hundred yards with great efficiency.
Did the mayan empire become powerful because of its location near the mediterranean sea?
No, the ottoman
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The Persians empire trade partners were the Greeks.
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Because of TRADING
When did Alexander become King of the Greeks and the Perians?
He did not become king of the Greeks, he was Hegemon (Leader). He could claim kingship of the Persian Empire when Persian emperor Darius was killed in 331 BCE.
What early advantage did the Persian Empire have over the Greeks in weaponry?
The Persian Empire had an advanced military system. In their early conflicts with the Greeks, the Persians had developed a powerful bow that could shoot arrows over several hundred yards with great efficiency.
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Mali's empire helped songhai controll trade routes and it made songhai richer
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you should either read your text book or google this
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No, the ottoman
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The Greeks signed a peace treaty with the ottoman empire.
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When did Alexander the Great become king of the Greeks and Persians?
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