When U.S. oil interests were threatened
U.S. oil supplies
mongolia
No, its military strength enabled it to play a leading part in the earlier Persian Wars.
Yes it was very important.
When U.S. oil interests were threatened
When U.S. oil interests were threatened
Asia Minor was part of the Persian Empire. Alexander the Great took the Persian Empire by military conquest.
The US Military in the Persian Gulf is used to buttress US Support for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Countries against Iran.
The Athenian and Plataean armies defeat of the Persian expeditionary force convinced other Greek city-states that they could hold off Persian attempts to dominate them.
It ended Persian attempts to control Greek war-making, leaving the Greek city-states to increasingly destructive wars with each other.
The Greeks prevailing over Persian expansionism gave to the Greeks confidence in their military arms to defeat Persian armies/navies .
The goal that they had in common was to conquer the Persian empire.