Athens converted the Delian League, which it had led against the Persian Empire, into an empire of its own.
It formed the Delian League in the second half of the 50-year war, which it turned into an empire of its own when the Persian War ended.
YES. This is an effective summation of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.
The Greek city-states. Which group of people are you asking about.
there was the first Persian war then the second Persian war then the war that we are in today.
The Persian War.
Which particular war? The Persian what?
Persian War 499-449 BCE. Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE.
The group of Greek city-states were no trying to control Greece - they were defending it from Persian invasion. After the Persian invasion was turned back, the Greek cities within the Persian Empire in Asia Minor formed the Delian League to protect themselves from the Persians re-establishing control of them.
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No, the Delian League was formed under the leadership of Athens to continue protecting the Greek cities which had been under Persian control after the Persian invasion of mainland Greece had been repelled.
The group is called the Freedmen's Bureau.
An empire is an empire, a war is a war.