This enabled the defeat of the anti-Persian Athenian Empire, and enabled Persia to reestablish control of its western province of Asia Minor which was disrupted by the independence of the Greek cities there under the auspices of the Athenians to whom they paid protection money.
No. They did not get further south than Athens.
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
A coalition of southern Greek city-states led by Sparta.
The Peloponnesian League was created by Sparta and its allies to dominate trade and government in the Greek city-states.
They were part of a joint effort by the southern Greek city-states to resist a Persian takeover of their cities.
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No. They did not get further south than Athens.
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No. As leader of the anti-Persian Delian League they were natural enemies. The Persians provided money to the opposing Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
No, Sparta remained politically independent until the Roman conquest of 146 BC.
The Persians did not have a war with Sparta. They invaded mainland Greece to put an end to their interference in supporting uprisings of Greek cities in Persian-ruled Asia. They were repelled by a coalition of city-states from southern Greece, of which Sparta was but one.
Thermopylae is the pass where the Spartans fought the Persians. The Athenians simultaneously fought the Persians in the battle of Salamis (a naval battle)