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Greek sea power and the fact that Persian sea power depended on Phoenician, Greek and Egyptian ships, made it inevitable that Persia could not prevail.
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Why is the period after the Persian Wars called the Golden Ages of Athens?
The Persian Wars lasted for 50 years. Once it ended, the people were finally at peace.
Compare the punic wars and the Persian Wars?
The Punic Wars were a contest for supremacy in the Western Mediterranean between two rising powers. The Persian War was a contest for supremacy in the Eastern Mediterranea.
What people were involve in the Persian gulf war?
Which of the 3 Persian Gulf Wars are you referring to?
What two places fought in the Persian Wars?
The Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states.
Who were the combatants of the Trojan Persian and Peloponnesian Wars?
Were you talking about the Greek Persian and Peloponnesian Wars? If so, the Persian war was between the invading Persians and the defending Greeks, who formed a league in which the military was led by one of the Spartan kings. (Sparta had two kings at the same time.) In the Peloponnesian War, it was the Delian League (Athens and allies) vs. the Peloponnesian League (Sparta and allies) Sparta ended up beating Athens after destroying their fleet.
How might the Persian Wars have ended of the Spartans had not slowed the Persians at Thermopylae?
Thermopylae was a very minor event in the 50-year Persian Wars. It failed to have any influence on the wars, and only later became symbolic of courage.
When did Herodotus write on the Persian Wars?
About 440 BCE, a decade after they ended.
Why is the period after the Persian Wars called the Golden Ages of Athens?
The Persian Wars lasted for 50 years. Once it ended, the people were finally at peace.
What is the importance of Persian Wars and Thermopylae?
The Persian war ended Persian expansion to the west. Thermopylae was a minor tactical delaying action which failed.
How did the Persian Wars all go down?
It ended Persian attempts to control Greek war-making, leaving the Greek city-states to increasingly destructive wars with each other.
How might the Persian Wars have ended if the Spartans had not followed the Persian at Thermopylae?
The Spartans did not 'follow' the Persians - they were part of a blocking force which delayed the Persian army for three days, and had no effect on the following two-year campaign which defeated the Persians at the battles of Salamis, Plataia and Mycale.
Why were the Persians Wars important?
They were so important because it led to the destruction of the Persian Empire.
How might the Persian Wars have ended differently if the Spartans had not held out at Thermopylae?
Thermopylae was a minor sideshow - the Persians rolled on and captured Athens. The invasion was decided at Salamis, Plataea and Mycale.
What did the Greeks experience 30 years after the Persian Wars?
The Persian Wars ended 449 BCE. The Peloponnesian War amongst Greek cities led by Athens and Sparta respectively occurred 431-404 BCE.
The significance of the Persian Wars was that?
Depends upon the time that they occurred. Ancient Persian Wars were significant during their times for the people that lived in those regions (like anywhere else). Therefore, which Persian War is in question?
What is the war in which the Greeks defeated the invading Persian Empire?
Its called ''the Persian wars'' or the ''Greco-Persian wars''.
After the Persian wars ended Athens became a powerful and wealthy city-state under the leadership of a man named?
Pericles.
