They began in 499 BCE at Miletus when its tyrant initiated a revolt against Persian rule when he faced reprisals from the Persian governor. A second phase began when a Persian punitive expedition was launched against Eretria and Athens for intervening in this revolt. This expedition was turned beck at the battle Marathon north of Athens 10 years later.
The Persian War lasted 50 years and was fought around the Eastern Mediterranean.
Marathon, 26 miles north of Athens.
Marathon .
There were several - mainly Salamis, Mykale, Eurymedon, Cyprus.
Salamis, Mycale, Eurymedon, Cyprus.
There were two - Salamis, in the bay between the island of Salamis and Athens in 480 BCE, and at Mykale in Asia Minor in 479 BCE.
El Alamein
Saratoga: New York site of important American Victory during the Revolutionary War.
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Asia Minor was the site of the first five years of the war, when the Ionian Greek city-states revolted against Persian rule. Persia levied taxes on these states, but this was not the cause of the war breaking out. Persian taxes were so reasonable that when the cities were liberated from Persian rule, their taxes were set at the Persian rate.
The Parthenon was built as a temple to the Greek goddess, Athena, believed by the people of Athens to be their protector. It was built between the years 447 and 432BC on the site of an older temple also dedicated to Athena and destroyed during the Persian invasion of 480BC.
El Alamein.
El Alamein
El Alamein
Salamis which destroyed Persian sea power.