Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
Kigs Darius I and Xerxes I. The first died before he could try, the second failed.a
Darius I
Xerxes I
Artaxerxes I
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His influence was only in the eastern Mediterranean where he established his empire over Greece and the Persian Empire. He slaughtered opposition, and tried to sow Greek culture in the ex-Persian Empire.
Greece was devastated, paving the way for Macedonia to take control, and use the combined resources to take over 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.
Xerxes was the Persian king, who wanted to take over Greece. Leonidas was the king of Sparta, who was one of many to defend Greece. It's pretty obvious why they were enemies.
The Roman Empire except for the eastern part of the Persian Empire.
His influence was only in the eastern Mediterranean where he established his empire over Greece and the Persian Empire. He slaughtered opposition, and tried to sow Greek culture in the ex-Persian Empire.
The Hellenistic Age after Macedonia took over Greece and then the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire failed by never taking over Greece.
There was no Sparta-Persian war. Sparts was but one of the Greek city-states which opposed the Persian attempt to include them into the Persian empire. There were greek cities within the Persian empire and the Greek ciies in mainland Greece interfered by supporting them, so Persia decided to take them all over to establish an ethnic frontier. They progressively took over cities in northern Greece, bribed the leaders of others, then launched an invasion to capture the remainder. The Persians were eventually repulsed in 479 BCE, but sporadic warfare persisted until a peace agreement in 449 BCE.
No, the Persians wanted to control Greece. But Greece wanted to be independent so they revolted against the Perisna rule
By taking over the Persian Empire, he removed its threat.
The Greek cities under Persian control in Asia Minor revolted. Then Athens and Eretria assisted them, and Persia decided to punish them to discourage interventions from mainland Greece. When this failed at Marathon, Persia decided to take over mainland Greece to establish an ethnic frontier .....
Greece did not conquer Phoenicia. Macedonian king Alexander took it over as part of his conquest of the Persian Empire in 334 BCE.
Greece was devastated, paving the way for Macedonia to take control, and use the combined resources to take over the Persian Empire.
He continued his father Philip's plan to take over the Persian Empire.
The war had been over for a hundred years when he came on the scene.
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.