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The battle of Marathon 490 BCE.
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Where did the Greeks defeat the Persians in the first invasion?
Marathon - it was the Athenians.
Who were the first people that the Persians conquered making their empire?
The Medes.
Were the Persians the best empire in the world?
First you must define what 'best' is - in what aspects.
The first people the persians conquered in establishing their empire were the?
They absorbed the Medes, their previous rulers.
What is the The Battle of Marathon?
The Battle of Marathon was the first attempt , and first defeat , by Persian forces to subjugate Greece . The Persians were defeated by the Athenians at Marathon , Greece .
King Darius and Xerxes were leaders of what empire that was a threat to Greek freedom?
They were leaders the Persian Empire. Darius was the father of Xerxes. Darius led the Persians in the first Persian war, while Xerxes led the Persians in the second Persian war.
What was important about that Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.?
The Battle of Marathon was a turning point during the first Persian invasion of Greece. The Persians vastly outnumbered the Greeks on the battlefield, but the Greeks were able to defeat them. The Greeks charged the Persian troops with a thin weaker line, while the Greeks' left and right flanks consisted of stronger troops who quickly surrounded the Persian troops and attacked them on both sides. It was a crushing defeat for the Persians, and the battle convinced the Greeks that while the Persian Empire had vast armies and archers, it was possible to defeat them.
Who were the first people the Persians conqured?
The Medes, who had been ruling them. They combined their forces and took over Babylon and moved on to establish their empire.
What place of first defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte?
Ottoman Empire, Cezzar Ahmed Pasha in Egypt.
What two armies worked together to defeat the Persians?
The armies and navies of two dozen southern Greek city-states, led at first by Sparta and later by Athens.
What civilization created a network of roads to link the empire?
The Persians in the 6th Century BCE established a road system to link those parts of the empire not accessibly by sea.
Which group did the Persians conquer first while establishing their empire?
They had been a subsidiary of the Medes until Cyrus took them over and used the merged power to move on to take over the Babylonian Empire and beyond.
