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What Persian king began a war against Athens and the Greeks after the Ionian revolt of 499 BC?
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∙ 7y ago
First was Darius I who sent a punitive expedition to repay Athens and Eretria for their intervention in support of Miletus which revolted against Persian rule; in the process these forces had burnt the Persian government centre of Sardis in Asia Minor. Darius' expedition captured Eretria but was turned back at Marathon and then in front of the city of Athens in 490 BCE. Darius determined to return in full force to bring mainland Greece under Persian rule and establish an ethnic frontier to stop the external Greek interventions in his Greek subjects in Asia Minor. A revolt in Egypt delayed this, and Darius then died. However his son Xerxes carried out his father's plan ten years later, and executed a full scale invasion of mainland Greece. Athens was captured in 480, but the Persians were crippled by defeat of their fleet at Salamis, and the following year a land defeat at Plataia and destruction of the rest of their fleet at Mykale.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoNot against the Greeks, who were hundreds of independent city-states spread all around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Darius I of Persia vowed to exact revenge against the cities of Athens and Eretria for supporting the city of Miletus in Asia Minor - his territory. They went too far and burnt his provincial capital Sardis, which is what really focussed his ire against them.
He sent an expedition in 490 BCE against the two cities, Eretria was captured and enslaved, but it was defeated by Athens at Marathon and in front of Athens. Darius then determined to incorporate mainland Greece in his empire to stop this cross-sea meddling. He died and his son Xerxes tried to finish it off in 480 but this too failed.
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∙ 9y agoFirst Darius, who sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens in 490 BCE, which was defeated at Marathon. Then an invasion led by king Xerxes in 480-479 BCE against the whole Greek mainland, in which Athens was twice captured before the combined Greek navies and and navies defeated it in the battles of Salamis, Plataia and Mycale.
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∙ 6y agoKing Xerxes took over Athens and used it as quarters for his invading army - the Athenians had abandoned the city. He destroyed the gods in retribution for the Athenian destruction of the gods in the Persian provincial capital of Sardis by the Athenians 18 years earlier.
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∙ 11y agoNo Persian leader conquered the Greek world.
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∙ 12y agoCyrus the Great who conquered Ionia .
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∙ 11y agoXerxes I.
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What is a summary of the battle of marathon?
Persia sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens for their role in supporting the Ionian revolt against Persian rule. Eretria was captured but Athens resisted and defeated the Persian force on the plain of Marathon.
Why were the Persians their own cause of defeat by the Greeks in the Persin war II?
First define Persian War II. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several phases - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this are supposed to be 'Second Persian War', 'Second Persian War' and 'Third Persian War'?
Why did Persia go to war with Greese in 479 B.C.?
Persia went to war with Greece (Athens and Sparta) as Persia wanted their land and Athens, Sparta and some other greek states said "No, you can not own our land." Or A Catalyst for the first war against the Persians was the Ionian Revolt. The Persians and the Greeks shared a border along the land known as Ionia in Asia Minor. The Greeks revolted and burned a village. Thus leading to a Persian counter-attack and war.
What war started after the Ionian revolt?
The Greek-Persian war's, started because Athens and Eritrea sent ships to assist the Ionian's in separating from the Persian empire, because a divided Persia is easier to conquer. It was Darius who began preparations to attack Greece but soon after he died and his son Xerxes took over the task. This was a retaliation against Greece ( an eye for an eye), Persia was not the aggressor.
Is the Persian invasions of Greece were caused by the Ionian's unhappiness with Persian rule?
no
The Persian wars were touched off by?
Ionia - the Greco-Persian Wars was a result of the Ionian revolt .The wars began when the Greek city-states in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule. Athens interfered, bringing Persian reprisal, which widened the conflict to the rest of the Greek world.
What is a summary of the battle of marathon?
Persia sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens for their role in supporting the Ionian revolt against Persian rule. Eretria was captured but Athens resisted and defeated the Persian force on the plain of Marathon.
What does Eretria mean?
It was a city-state on the island of Euboia, populated by Ionian Greeks. It and Athens were the target of the punitive expedition sent by king Darius of Persia in 490 BCE, in response to their help to Miletus in its rebellion against Persian rule. Eretria was captured and its population enslaved. Athens survived by defeating the Persian infantry at Marathon, and then the same day turning back the Persian cavalry from entering Athens.
What were the causes in the battle of Marathon?
Persia sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens for their role in supporting the Ionian Revolt against Persian rule in Asia Minor. Eretria was captured but Athens resisted and defeated the Persian force on the plain of Marathon.
What Persian ruler angered the Ionian Greeks when he organized the empire?
Darius I.
Which action contributed to the outbreak of the Persian Wars?
Revolution against Persian rule by the Ionian cities in Asia Minor, and the intervention by Eretria and Athens in that revolt, which focused Persian attention on them and spread the conflict into mainland Greece.
What is the four battles and their outcomes in Persian?
1. Ionian Revolt 2. Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens 3. Persian invasion of Greece (Xerxes invasion) 4. Delian League wars
How did the Persian-Greek war start?
King Croesus of Lydia died, and the Ionian Greeks came under the domination of the Persian Empire which they much resented, so they fought to throw out the Persians in the Ionian Revolt. Athens and Eritrea supported the Ionians with a token force (20 ships from Athens, 5 ships from Eritrea). The Ionian Revolt was successful at first, but after the Greeks sailed home it was crushed. Persian temples had been violated, and whether they did it or not the Athenians and Eritreans were blamed for it. King Darius I of Persia ordered a punitive expedition to these two cities, but a storm smashed his fleet. Another fleet was assembled, and the First Persian War began in 490 BC. Athens was saved at the Battle of Marathon, but Eritrea was destroyed.
Why were the Persians their own cause of defeat by the Greeks in the Persin war II?
First define Persian War II. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several phases - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this are supposed to be 'Second Persian War', 'Second Persian War' and 'Third Persian War'?
What are the 3 Persian wars called?
Phases not wars - The Ionian Revolt, The Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, The Persian invasion of mainland Greece, The Delian League repelling persia from Western Asia Minor.
Why did Persian conquer Greece?
Persia did not conquer Greece. Persia attempted to conquer Greece but the invasion was repelled. Earlier, Greeks had fought against Persia in the Ionian Revolt, and the Persian invasion was intended as retribution for the violation of Persian temples.
Why did the Persians dislike Athens?
When the Ionian Greek city-states revolted against Persian rule, Eretria and Athens sent contingents to aid them. They advance to the Persian provincial capital of Sardis and burnt it, also despoiling the city's gods. Persian king Darius vowed retribution, and when the Persians captured Athens 2o years lated they returned the favour.
