They called it the Kingdom of Persia. We call it the Persian Empire.
Persian Empire.
the 20 states into which darius divided the Persian empire
King of Kings.
There was no Grecian empire. The Greek world comprised hundreds of independent city-states stretching from Spain to Asia Minor. The Persian Empire stretched from Libya to Pakistan.
It was between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire. Today we call it the Persian War to differentiate it from the wars between the Greek city-states. It is often called the Greco-Persian War.
They called it the Kingdom of Persia. We call it the Persian Empire.
Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire versus coalitions of Greek city-states led first by Sparta, then by Athens.
The Persian Empire and a coalition of Greek city-states.
The Persian Empire versus varying combinations of Greek city-states.
The Greek city-states occupied by, or threatened by, expansion of the Persian Empire in the eastern Mediterranean littoral.
The Persian Empire and the eastern Greek city-states.
The Persian Empire and various combinations of Greek city-states.
The Persian thought the Persian Empire. The coalitions of Greek city-states thought the coalitions of Greek city-states.
Athens, which turned the coalition of city-states it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own.
The territories of the Persian Empire were called satrapis.