The Greek cities in Ionia, which is present day Turkey, were conquered in the 6th century BC and later fell into Athenian domination until it was conquered by the Persians again in the 4th century BC. It became part of the Roman Empire later in the 2nd century BC.
The Persian ruler who conquered Ionia was Cyrus the Great. He founded the Achaemenid Empire and expanded its territory, including the Greek city-states along the coast of Ionia in present-day Turkey. His conquests laid the groundwork for the Persian dominance in the region.
The Persians were concerned becaus mainland Greek cities were supporting their daughter citise in Ionia who were revolting against Persian rule. They sent a punitive expedition which capteured Eretria but was defeated by Athens and Plataia at Marathon.
As far as I know there was no ..."pension" (lol) empire that any greek leader conquered. In case you meant Persian Empire, it was Alexander the Great who conquered it.
Yes, the Persians picked up the convenient money habit from the territories they conquered - Babylon, Lydia and the Greek cities of Asia Minor.
It was not a Greek who conquered Asia Minor and the Persian Empire, it was the Macedonian king Alexander the Great
There are quite a number of city-states that Athens conquered. Some of them include cities of Ionia, Mycale, Cyprus and Sestos among others.
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Phillip the second, who was 23 and was king of Macedonia.
The question suggests understanding the dissonance between the location of Ionia in anatolia, hundreds of miles east of the Ionian Sea. Ionia is separated from its namesake sea by the Greek peninsula as well as the Aegean Sea. Perhaps the Greek world sets its parameters east and west by the term Ionia...
Ionia was conquered by the Persian Empire in 546 BC under the rule of Cyrus the Great. This conquest was part of the larger expansion of the Persian Empire into Asia Minor, where Ionia was located along the western coast of present-day Turkey. The Persian takeover led to the establishment of satrapies and significant changes in governance and culture in the region.
To bring Greek culture to the conquered Persian Empire.
Ionia was a collection of Greek city-states in wetern Asia Minor, a province of the Persian Empire.
Istanbul and Islamabad Indianapolis, Indiana Ionia, Michigan
Ionia (greek : ιωνία)
The address of the Ionia Community Library is: 101 W Iowa St, Ionia, 50645 0130
The Persians were concerned becaus mainland Greek cities were supporting their daughter citise in Ionia who were revolting against Persian rule. They sent a punitive expedition which capteured Eretria but was defeated by Athens and Plataia at Marathon.
A revolt by the Greek city-states of Ionia against Persian rule.