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What started the Persian Wars?

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The Greek cities under Persian control in Asia Minor revolted. Then Athens and Eretria assisted them, and Persia decided to punish them to discourage interventions from mainland Greece. When this failed at Marathon, Persia decided to take over mainland Greece to establish an ethnic frontier .....

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Persia tried to include the Greek city-states in its empire to bring peace to the eastern Mediterranean.

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