The Greeks never wanted to defeat the Persians,they rather responded in an attack by them and their ruler Xerxis.It started as a defensive war and escalated in taking the conflict deep into the Persian empire.
The Greeks never wanted to defeat the Persians,they rather responded in an attack by them and their ruler Xerxis.It started as a defensive war and escalated in taking the conflict deep into the Persian empire.
Persia had attempted to enforce peace amongst the Greek city-states to stop fighting spilling over into its empire as there were a couple of hundred Greek cities within its empire.
The Greek city repelled a Persian invasion and then fought to free the ones within the Persian Empire. The fighting went on for fifty years 499-449 BCE, after which Persia left them to go on fighting amongst themselves.
He took over the Persian Empire. He didn't destroy it as he wanted it in good condition for himself.
He was assassinated just before his departure for the conquest, and his son Alexander took over and succeeded.
Having subdued his opponents in mainland Greece and elected Hegemon of Greece, Phillip II of Macedon wanted to stop the Persian interference in Greek affairs and exact payback for the Persian invasions in the 5th Century BCE (and incidentally of course gain an empire). He was assassinated before he set out, and his son Alexander carried out his father's plan.
He gave them wealth, food, and more.Darius also let them keep their religion, laws, and wanted to take a man from I think about 18-late 40's to defend his empire at war.
to regain the honor the king took from him when he took away his honor, therefore Achilles wanted the king to suffer how he did.
The Greeks never wanted to defeat the Persians,they rather responded in an attack by them and their ruler Xerxis.It started as a defensive war and escalated in taking the conflict deep into the Persian empire.
Because the Persian Army wanted to defeat the Greek city-states that supported the uprisings in Ionia, part of modern-day Turkey, against the Persian Empire.
Because the Persian Army wanted to defeat the Greek city-states that supported the uprisings in Ionia, part of modern-day Turkey, against the Persian Empire.
He wanted to use the Greeks to augment his military power to take over the Persian Empire.
He wanted to make his kingdom strong enough to defeat the mighty persian empire.
The attack was no surprise - the two armies were confronting each other. Alexander wanted to defeat the Persian army to gain control of the Persian empire.
During the Peloponnesian War between Athens and its empire and the Peloponesian League led by Sparta, the Peloponnesian League received assistance from the Persian Empire which wanted to remove the intrusion of Athes into the Persian Empire via the Greek cities in Asia Minor which it had controlled. The defeat of Athens left these cities exposed and Persia was able to resume control of them and restore peace within its boundaries.
The city of Troy was in Anatolia. The Greeks wanted to control the Persian Royal Road which was a 1,500 mile trade route into Persia.
They wanted to have adult fun with the egyptians women
Conquest of the Persian Empire.
the ottoman empire was defeated because somebody wanted it to be gone
The Persian empire took over Ionia, and tried to force them to pay tribute. They were also forced to serve the Persian army. They wanted to defeat the Persian Empire, but knew they couldn't because they were a small group of people, so they called to Athens for help. But after Athens had an initial success, they left. This left the Ionians alone, and they lost the battle against the Persians. as a punishment for turning against them, the Persians ruined the city of Meletus.