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Why was the teaming up of Athens and Sparta a turning point for both Greece and Persia?
Sparta and Athens each headed influential blocs of the Greek city-states - the Dorians and the Ionians, respectively. And each was prepared to resist the Persian enticements to join their Empire. This frustrated the Persian strategy to bribe and subvert the city-states - successful in northern Greece, but opposed by a united Dorian-Ionian group in the south.
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How did the war against Persia birng new wealth and power to Athens?
greek colonies payed Athens to protect them from Persia and the How did the war against Persia bring new wealth and power to Athens went to building an even greater navy and improving life in the city itself its not This IS about the battle : the war began with an attack by the Spartan army. Pericles knew that his army was no match for Sparta's. He Called for Athenians living inside the city walls. The walls Protected the city,but Sparta's army destroyed the famrland around Athens. Read more: How did the war against Persia bring new wealth and power to Athens
Who where Spartas enmy?
1. Persia 2. Alexander the great 3. sometimes Athens 4. eventually rome
What did Athens do when Sparta sent soldiers and their king in the fight against Persia?
They sent a fleet of ships/ navy and Themistocles was their captain.
Did Persia allied with Sparta?
No, the Spartans did not ally with Persia, but they allied with the Athenians or Greeks, or else there would not have been the famous 300.The Spartans allied with the Athenians during the Thermopylae battle, the Persian wars and the peloponnesian war. After 3 years of war following the stand of the 300 the Spartans and Athenians defeated Persia!Sparta never allied with Persia!
Why was Sparta's deal with Persia so important in the war against Athens?
It provided the Spartan alliance with the money to get a sea fleet to match and defat Athens' hitherto superiority. With its fleet destroyed, Athens was confined within its walls, could not import food, and was starved into surrender.
What effect did Persia have on Greece?
persia prevented Sparta and Athens from uniting.
What caused Sparta and Athens to Unite?
The war against Persia. It united all of Greece, including Athens and Sparta.
Name the straight of the coast of Greece were Athens defeated Persia?
It was the bend in the 'straight' at Salamis.
Is Persia in Greece?
no Persia is in Asia and Greece is in Europe
Why was Persia persistent in conquering Greece?
HellasPersia never conquered the whole of Greece and the bits that medized (submitted to Persia) were quickly intimidated back away by the major powers of Athens and Sparta. Persia kept trying to conquer Greece because, simply, it was described to Darius and Xerxes as the most beautiful place in the world, and they wanted it.
How many miles from Persia to Athens?
The distance from Persia (modern-day Iran) to Athens, Greece, varies depending on the specific locations considered. However, a direct distance between the ancient capitals of Persia, such as Persepolis, and Athens is approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers). Trade routes and ancient pathways could increase that distance significantly.
Citizens from Athens Sparta and other greek city-states worked to defeat what country when they tried to invade Greece?
Persia.
How might the history of Greece been changed if Persia had won at Marathon?
Athens would have been returned to having a Tyrant installed by Persia. No doubt they would have expelled him again and Athens would have continued on its road to eventual democracy, just a bit delayed.
What comes next Egypt Babylon Persia Greece Persia Greece?
Macedonia.
How was power in Athens handled differently than power in Persia?
Persia had a king. Athens had a direct democracy.
Athens' decisive naval victory over Persia occurred where at?
Persia
When did Persia capture Athens?
2013
