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The Greeks ware not a cohesive nation - there were hundred of independent Greek city-states in eastern Europe, Asia Minor and the Islands, almost continuously at war with each other. They bought off a group of these Greek cities onto their side, and had a large navy drawn from Phoenicia, the Asia Minor Greek cities and Egypt. This navy threatened the Greek cities with amphibious invasion so they y kept their armies at home defending their own city.
It was only after the Greeks defeated the Persian navy at Salamis, and that threat was lifted, that the cities were prepared to send out their armies the following year to unite at Plataea for the decisive land battle.
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Why did the Greeks choose Thermopylae as a place to oppose the Persians?
The Greeks had to eliminate the Persian naval threat to their city-states in order for their armies could leave off defending them and unite to face the Persian army. They blocked the pass of Thermopylae to force the Persians to attempt to turn it by sea. The Greek fleet waited in the nearby channel to pounce. Unfortunately for them they lost the sea battle and the force of 7,000 holding Thermopylae was withdrawn. The Spartan and Thespian contingents stayed behind to cover the withdrawal and were killed. The Greeks tried again a Salamis and were succful, and their armies united the following summer to defeat the Persian army at Plataea.
How were the Greeks used geography to their advantage in fighting the Persians at Thermopylae and Salamis.?
Holding the pass at Thermopylae was a ploy to force a sea battle in the adjacent strait of Artemesion in an attempt to destroy the Persian sea threat to the Greek city-states. It failed, and the ir next try was at Salamis succeeded. With their sea advantage gone, the Persians could not supply their army by sea and had to send half of it home. And the Greek city-states were able to stop keeping their armies at home to defend the cities, and sent them out to unite and defeat the Persian army at Plataea.
Why did Athenians sail to nearby islands in panic?
The Greek set a trap so that they could surround the Persians.
Why was the battle at Marathon important to the Greeks?
It persuaded the Persians that the problems with the Greek city-states intervening within the empire needed serious solutions, and that it could be best resolved by incorporating them within the empire and appointing Persia-friendly tyrants to govern them.This led to the subversion of some states, and an invasion to subdue those whose leaders could not be bribed. The Greek cities responded differently - some accepted the bribes/threats and sided with Persia, others banded together to repel any takeover.In resisting, they were warned by the fate of Eretrea which had been captured before the Persians moved on to Athens, were lifted by Athens' success in defeating the Persian expeditionary force at Marathon, and so the southern Greek city-states knew Persia could be beaten and confidently banded together to defeat the Persian invasion ten years later.
Was Hephaestus a nice or mean god?
He could be both, as could all gods of the Greeks.
Who was the Oracle at Delphi?
someone who told the Greeks to stand their ground so they could defeat the Persians at Thermopylae.
The oracle at delphi was?
someone who told the Greeks to stand their ground so they could defeat the Persians at Thermopylae.
Why the could the Persians not defeat the Greeks or Macedonians?
The Persian infantry was unarmoured and could not stand up to Greek and Macedonian infantry formations, particularly after both raised cavalry forces to match those of the Persians.
How could the battle of salamis have been avoided?
By the Persians not invading Greece. By the Greeks surrendering to the Persians without a battle.
Did the Greeks attack first in the battle of marathon?
Greeks could have attacked before the Persians but a lot of the evidence points to the Persians attacking first, the Persians were most likely to have fought when they got off their boats and when they encountered in the valley, but, the Greeks were to have probably ran away into the valley than to have been chased.
What was Persians plan for attack on Greece?
the plan was to get as much men as the could get and just come together and go against the greeks.
Why did Persians lose the battle of salamis?
After the western Greek citiy-states led by Sparta had defeated the Persian navy at Salamis, the Persians could not feed their army during the oncoming winter and had to send half of it home. The remaining half, with 40,000 Greek allies, was therefore now about the same size as the southern Greek alliance of city-states. The difference was that the Persians had strong cavalry but unarmoured infantry. The Persian infantry could not stand up to the Greek armoured infantry and relied on their cavalry to harass the Greeks. So the Greeks selected Plataea as the right place where they could fight over broken ground where the Persian cavalry could not get at them. The result was the defeat of the Persian army.
What is the background info for the battle of salamis?
Persia invaded Greece. The southern Greeks decided that if they could defeat the Persian fleet, the invasion would be exposed to defeat on land and could not be fed in such a poor country in winter. The defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis resulted in the withdrawal of half the Persian army and its subsequent defeat the following year when the Greeks assembled at Platia.
Who is stronger Kakashi or the fourth Hokage?
The fourth hokage, obviously. if he could defeat the kyubi, then he can easily defeat kakashi.
What helped the Greeks defeat the Persains?
The primary factor was thee destruction of the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis. The Greeks thus established dominance of the sea. and the Persians could not import enough food by sea, and had to send half their army home. They also could no longer threaten the southern Greek cities with amphibious invasion, which had made those cities keep their armies defensively at home, so the cities were now able to send out their armies the following year to unite and defeat the Persian army at Plataea.
Why did the Persians gang up on the Assyrians with the Babylonians?
Because they could not defeat them single-handedly, and could only weaken them combined, as it turns out. It was a case of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend.'
Can monkeys defeat dragons?
a monkey has very tiny chances of defeating a dragon dragon could defeat a monkey very easily
