Salamis (sea) 480 BCE
Plataia (land) 479 BCE
Mycale (sea-land) 479 BCE
Eurymedon (sea) 466 BCE
Cyprus (land-sea) 450 BCE
The Persian invasion, the Peloponnesian War between the alliances led by Sparta and Athens, and the conquest of Greece by Macedonia.
The Persians empire trade partners were the Greeks.
Because the Persian Army wanted to defeat the Greek city-states that supported the uprisings in Ionia, part of modern-day Turkey, against the Persian Empire.
They were not 'afraid'. They took the necessary steps to oppose the Persian empire and were successful in beating them in several battles on land and sea in 480, 479, 468 and 450 BCE, finally signing a peace with then in 449 BCE
He wanted to use the Greeks to augment his military power to take over the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire had an advanced military system. In their early conflicts with the Greeks, the Persians had developed a powerful bow that could shoot arrows over several hundred yards with great efficiency.
The Persian Empire.
It was not the Greeks, it was the Macedonians, who used Greek and other mercenaries to support them. Alexander the Great king of Macedonia, spent ten years taking over the Persian Empire. He did this in three major battles which broke coordinated Persian resistance, and then dealt with the outlying provinces one at a time.
Persia lost the battles of Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, which led to Alexander's takeover of the Persian Empire.
Which did what? Be more explicit.
The Persians empire trade partners were the Greeks.
Its called ''the Persian wars'' or the ''Greco-Persian wars''.
It essentially became a standoff - after the Greeks repelled the Persian attempt to incorporate them into the Persian empire, a peace was arranged and the Greeks went back to fighting each other. The Persian empire continued on until over-run by Macedonia.
The Persian Wars pitted the Persians against the mainland Greeks. Eventually, the Greeks won after defeating the Persians by land and sea in the Second Persian War. Later, the Macedonian Geeks, under Alexander the Great, invaded and conquered the Persian Empire.
Because the Persian Army wanted to defeat the Greek city-states that supported the uprisings in Ionia, part of modern-day Turkey, against the Persian Empire.
Because the Persian Army wanted to defeat the Greek city-states that supported the uprisings in Ionia, part of modern-day Turkey, against the Persian Empire.
Darius I.
The Persian Empire versus varying combinations of Greek city-states.