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Who defeted the Persians in the Persian wars?
A coalition of about 200 Greek city states, led first by Sparta and then by Athens.
Who did the ancient Greeks fight in the Persian wars?
The Persians attacked the Greeks in the Persian war
Why did the very different cultures of Athens and Sparta from an alliance?
They formed an alliance because they wanted to rebel against the Persians. Athens had all the brains and Sparta had all the war like abilities. Athens needed someone that was good in war. Even though Athens had a strong army it was still too small to over ride the Persian Empire. The Persians were a common enemy for Athens and Sparta. They both had something in common; liking the Persians. So the more people Athens had in their army the more likely it is for Athens to win. In the end Athens does win the war against the Persians but there are many more wars the Athenians and the Persians have had against each other.
Who r the Spartans?
Yes. Spartans live in the Greek city state of Sparta.
What wars did ancient Greece have?
Troy, for one. The city-state of Sparta also warred with it's sister states of early Greece.
Who did ancient Egyptians have wars with?
Each other, the Nubians to the south, the desert peoples to the east and west, the Greek, Persians and other Asiatic peoples to the north.
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.
What were two reasons Sparta chose to join the war against the Persians?
There were many reasons for the wars between the Greek States and Persia, one of which would be the fact that Sparta had to protect its' state against the invaders. Secondly, you have to remember that Sparta had valuable allies, allies which it had to assist - if Sparta hadn't, many of it's allies would naturally leave the Peloponnesian league and join Athens' Empire, leaving Sparta even more vulnerable.
What were the Peloponnesia Wars?
the wars between Athens and Sparta i believe
Why did the Athenians and the Spartans not get along after the Persians Wars?
Sparta's serf population revolted and Athens sent a force to help the Spartans put it down. Then the Athenian soldiers started to sympathise with the serfs , so the Spartans sent them home. Relations froze. When the Athenians made an empire out of the Delian League cities it had led against the persians, it became adventurous and interfered in the affairs of the cities of the Peloponnesian League which Sparta led. Sparta asked Athens to back off, an overconfident Athens persisted and war ensued.
What were Ancient Greek wars - perceived threat or desire for conquest?
I will list you some Greek wars: Sparta vs. Athens Persia vs. Greece: Marathon Thermopylae Salamis thanks! i wish i helped!
Was ancient Lycia in ancient Greece?
Ancient sources seem to indicate that an older name of the region was Alope (Ancient Greek: Ἀλόπη, Alópē). Lycia fought for the Persians in the Persian Wars, but on the defeat of the Achaemenid Empire by the Greeks, it became intermittently a free agent.
