What led to the Persians Wars?

Answer 1

The Greek city-states outside the Persian Empire kept interfering by supporting rebellions by cities within the Empire. The Persians attempted to make an example of Athens and Eretria to stop this, but their punitive expedition was defeated at Xxxxxxxx.

Persia then decided that the only way to keep peace within it's empire was to incorporate the outside ones within the empirewith a Persian provincial governor to oversee them. They splashed a lot of money around as bribes and got the central Greek cities to agree, but the southern Greek city-states held out.

Persia invaded to bring them under control, the invasion was turned back by battles at Salamis, Plataia and Mycale, and sporadic warfare went on for another 30 years until Persia gave up, agreed to leave the Greek cities to their own devices. The Greek cities then went back to their usual fighting amongst themselves.

Answer 2

The Persian Empire included the Greek cities in Asia Minor. These cities were restive and mainland Greek cities intervened on their behalf. Persia decided to incorporate those cities within its empire and establish an ethnic frontier to stop this trouble. The mainland Greek cities resisted, and the war lasted from 499-449 BCE, until the Persians gave up.

Answer 3

The Greek city-states within the Persian Empire in Asia Minor were stirred up to revoly.