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What were three factors contributed to Alexanders defeat of the Persians?
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Did 300 Spartans win or 180000 Persians?
180,000 Persians won. This took place in the battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas and his army of 6,000 to 7,000 Spartans but were delayed by the Persians when a Greek traitor showed the Persians how to attack from both sides. Leonidas commanded all of his soldiers to escape except for 300 Spartans.
How did the Persians attack?
Ferociously.
How did the Persians attack in the battle of plataea?
With their cavalry.
What body of water did the Persians cross to attack Greece?
Aegean Sea
Why didn't Alexander launch a surprise attack on the Persians?
There could be no surprise. His father Philip 2 had been planning and preparing an invasion of the Persian Empire for several years, and on his assassination his son Alexander took over and got it rolling again. The Persians knew what was coming and had enrolled 10,000 Greek mercenaries to bolster their army. All that changed was that the Macedonian invasion by Alexander was delayed for a year as he had to put down revolts in Greece to secure his rear. The well-aware Persians waited.
How long after the battle of marathon did the Persians attack Greece for the second time?
A decade.
It is where the battle between Spartans and Persians happened?
At the Pass of Thermopylai a Greek force led by a Spartan king delayed the Persian army for three days.
How long after the battle at Marathon did the Persians attack Greece for a second time?
They lost.
By what routes did the Persians choose to attack Greece?
From Gallipoli through Thrace, Macedonia and Thessaly into mainland Greece.
How might the Persian Wars have ended if the Spartans had not followed the Persian at Thermopylae?
The Spartans did not 'follow' the Persians - they were part of a blocking force which delayed the Persian army for three days, and had no effect on the following two-year campaign which defeated the Persians at the battles of Salamis, Plataia and Mycale.
Why did Hitler delay his attack on the soviet union?
The Russian winter made it his Waterloo.
