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That it was such a disparate empire that to control it required constant military effort. Alexander spent the next five years suppressing revolt in the eastern provinces, and left them in some disarray in his retreat to Babylon, when he chose the coastal route rather than fighting his way back through today's Afghanistan.

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What were the consequences for both sides of the encounter between the Persian and the Greeks?

It essentially became a standoff - after the Greeks repelled the Persian attempt to incorporate them into the Persian empire, a peace was arranged and the Greeks went back to fighting each other. The Persian empire continued on until over-run by Macedonia.


How did the Greeks defeat the Persian Empire?

It was not the Greeks, it was the Macedonians, who used Greek and other mercenaries to support them. Alexander the Great king of Macedonia, spent ten years taking over the Persian Empire. He did this in three major battles which broke coordinated Persian resistance, and then dealt with the outlying provinces one at a time.


Why was the battle of Salamis important to the Greeks?

Destruction of the Persian fleet meant the eventual failure of the Persian attempt to incorporate the mainland Greek city-states within the Persian Empire.


What was important about that Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.?

The Battle of Marathon was a turning point during the first Persian invasion of Greece. The Persians vastly outnumbered the Greeks on the battlefield, but the Greeks were able to defeat them. The Greeks charged the Persian troops with a thin weaker line, while the Greeks' left and right flanks consisted of stronger troops who quickly surrounded the Persian troops and attacked them on both sides. It was a crushing defeat for the Persians, and the battle convinced the Greeks that while the Persian Empire had vast armies and archers, it was possible to defeat them.


What empire controlled Troy when the Greeks invaded?

i think it was the Great Persian Empire, the largest Empire in ancient times. The King of Troy was the Satrap for the Persian King of Kings, and that is why later, after the Greeks burned and destroyed Troy, Shah-en-Shah Xerxes invaded Greece, defeated the Greek-Spartan Army, entered into their capital Athens and BURNED THE ACROPOLIS IN A PUNISHING ACT FOR BURNING TROY.

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Who were the Greeks fighting with in the Persian war?

The Persian Empire.


Was it the heroism of the Greeks or the Persian Empire?

Which did what? Be more explicit.


Who were the Persian Empire trade partners?

The Persians empire trade partners were the Greeks.


What is the war in which the Greeks defeated the invading Persian Empire?

Its called ''the Persian wars'' or the ''Greco-Persian wars''.


What were the consequences for both sides of the encounter between the Persian and the Greeks?

It essentially became a standoff - after the Greeks repelled the Persian attempt to incorporate them into the Persian empire, a peace was arranged and the Greeks went back to fighting each other. The Persian empire continued on until over-run by Macedonia.


What Persian ruler angered the Ionian Greeks when he organized the empire?

Darius I.


Why was the Persian Empire weakning?

Alexander the Great first captured its Mediterranean ports so that it could no longer pose a naval threat. He massacred the Greek mercenaries in Persian service after the battle of the Granicus so that Greeks would no longer provide the armoured infantry the Persians needed, and he captured the Persian treasury after the battle of Issus. These measures stripprd the Persians of their underlying strengths.


Which groups fought in the Persian war?

The Persian Empire versus varying combinations of Greek city-states.


When did Alexander become King of the Greeks and the Perians?

He did not become king of the Greeks, he was Hegemon (Leader). He could claim kingship of the Persian Empire when Persian emperor Darius was killed in 331 BCE.


Which empire went to was with the Greeks?

The Persian Empire went to war with the Greeks during the Greco-Persian Wars, which occurred in the 5th century BCE. Notable conflicts include the Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis, where the Greeks united against the Persian forces. These wars ultimately led to a significant decline in Persian influence in the region and the rise of Greek city-states, particularly Athens and Sparta, as major powers.


Why did Philip want to conquer the Greeks then be allies with them?

He wanted to use the Greeks to augment his military power to take over the Persian Empire.


How did the Greeks defeat the Persian Empire?

It was not the Greeks, it was the Macedonians, who used Greek and other mercenaries to support them. Alexander the Great king of Macedonia, spent ten years taking over the Persian Empire. He did this in three major battles which broke coordinated Persian resistance, and then dealt with the outlying provinces one at a time.