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Half of it did before the Persian invasion. The remaining city-states decided thet they did not want to become part of the Persian empire, and decided to collectively resist. While Persia imposed peace and promoted prosperity within its empire, the Greek city-states preferred independence (albeit with continuous internecine wars) and decided to fight. They won,

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