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The Ionian-Greek city states of Asia Minor and Islands resented being under Persian rule. They resented more the fact that native puppets were appointed as tyrants to rule over each city. Aristagoras, tyrant of Miletus, joined the Persian satrap Artaphernes in an attempt to conquer the island of Naxos. It failed, and as Aristagoras expected to be sacked, he incited all the Ionian cities to rise against Persian rule. The rising failed, and one by one the cities were reduced and brought back under Persian rule. In the middle of this, Athens and Eretria from Mainland Greece, intervened to help sister city Miletus. In the course of this, they burnt the Persian provincial capital of Sardis. King Darius determined to punish them and in 490 BCE sent an expedition to do this - Eretria was taken and enslaved, Athens defeated the expedition at Marathon and in front of the city. This brought Darius to the realisation that, if he wanted to maintain peace, he had to take the mainland Greek cities, establish an ethnic frontier with the cities there ruled by native tyrants, which failed, and eventually resulted in the Ionian cities being freed, and absorbed into an Athenian empire ... which resulted in the Peloponnesian War ... which resulted in the Persian King mandating peace amongst the cities of mainland Greece ... which resluted in Macedonia establishing hegemony over the mainland Greek cities ... which resulted in Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire ... which resulted in ...
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∙ 11y agoAthens first intervened in a revolt, by Greek cities in Asia Minor against Persian rule, to support its kindred cities.
Persia sent a punitive expedition to instal a puppet ruler in Athens to end such interference within its empire.
This was repelled at Marathon. Persia decided that the only way to stop this interference from mainland Greece into its empire was to incorporate mainland Greece into its empire.
The southern Greek cities including Athens resisted, and defeated the Persian invasio.
Athens then formed a league to keep the Greek cities free. After fifty years the Persians made peace, agreeing to stay away from the cities.
End Piece: Athens then opportunistically turned the league into an empire of its own.
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∙ 12y agoThey considered them to be barbarians. The other answer I can't find it in the book yet.
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Who was the Persian king crushed a Greek revolt and sought to punish Athens for her part in the rebellion?
King Darius the Great who put down a revolt by the Ionian Greek cities within his empire. His attempt to subdue Athens was turned back at the battle of Marathon.
How many events were in the Persian Wars 499 BC - 449 BC?
The fighting was continuous for fifty years. The first phase was the Ionian Revolt which was put down 499-493 BCE. Then followed the punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens for their interference in the Ionian Revolt 491-490 BCE. Then came the invasion of mainland Greece 480-479 BCE. Then followed the liberation of Ionia from Persian rule and its protection 478-450 BCE. And peace made 449 BCE.
American settlement of the southwest cause native American villages to?
Revolt.
What war started after the Ionian revolt?
The Greek-Persian war's, started because Athens and Eritrea sent ships to assist the Ionian's in separating from the Persian empire, because a divided Persia is easier to conquer. It was Darius who began preparations to attack Greece but soon after he died and his son Xerxes took over the task. This was a retaliation against Greece ( an eye for an eye), Persia was not the aggressor.
What is a summary of the battle of marathon?
Persia sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens for their role in supporting the Ionian revolt against Persian rule. Eretria was captured but Athens resisted and defeated the Persian force on the plain of Marathon.
When did Ionian Revolt happen?
Ionian Revolt happened in -493.
What was the importance of the Ionian Revolt?
While the Ionian Revolt failed, it raised the perception that the Persians were vulnerable. Eventually, the empire fell and the Greek civilization prevailed.
What caused the ancient Persian War?
The Ionian Revolt.
What led up to the Persian War?
The Ionian Revolt
Did Cyrus rule during Ionian Revolt?
No. Xerxes I.
What war of the Persian Wars did the Persians win?
The Ionian Revolt.
How long did the ionian revolt last?
499 to 493 BCE.
Which city-state supported the Ionian Revolt?
Eretria and Athens.
What methods and tools did darius use to hold togethe his empire?
His expedition to punish Athens and Gretria for their aid in the Ionian Revolt and Subjugate Greece.
Who fought in the ionian revolt?
The Ionian revolt was the first step in the Persian wars. Greece and Persia were the main participants. In 550 BCE Cyrus I of Persia conquered Ionia. Miletus, a city in the Ionian territory convinced the rest of the Ionians to rebel against Persia. The Athenians helped the Ionians battle the Persians.
Who began the Persian Wars?
The first one - the Ionian War was a 499 BCE revolt by the mainly Ionian Greek cities in Asia Minor against their Persian rulers.
What happened in the first round of the Persian war?
Persia crushed the Ionian Revolt in Asia Minor.
