How were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians?

Answer 1

They first defeated a Persian force at Granicus and massacred the Greek mercenaries hired by the Persians to give them the armoured infantry they lacked - this stopped Greeks hiring themselves out in future, and so left the Persian unarmoured infantry to face Macedonian armoured soldiers.

They then captured the coast of the eastern Mediterranean Sea which stopped Persia operating naval forces against mainland Greece, thus securing their home cities and source of recruits while they fought in Asia.

They then defeated the Persian main force at Issus and captured the Persian treasury, giving them the financial resources to pay and feed their soldiers and augment their mercenary archers, light infantry and cavalry..

With this augmented force they then attacked the main Persian force again at Gaugamela and defeated it decisively. Coordinated resistance ended and they picked off the rest of the Persian piece by piece over the following few years.

Answer 2

The Greeks didnt, the macedonians in northern Greece did and they were led by Alexander the great who used strategy and superior armor and weapons. the Persians could feild armies that contained several hundred thousand men while Alexander had about 50000 and he used force,threats,bribes, and diplomacy to conquer.

Answer 3

They defeated the Persian fleet, which left their army exposed and without supply.

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Answer 4

First they destroyed the main Persian fleet at Salamis. This left the Persians facing a winter in a poour countyside which could not support them, and without a fleet to protect cargo ships coming from Asia Minor. The Persians sent half of their army home.

The following spring, they assembled the city armies which had been defending their cities against the threat of attack by the Persian fleet, which was no longer a threat. The combined army defeated the depleted Persian army and its Greek allies.

Answer 5

The sea battle of Salamis in 480 BCE destroyed the Persian naval superiority. Unable to protect their sea supply line, half the Persian army was sent home, and the rest withdrew to Thessaly for the winter. This naval defeat also ended the amphibious threat to the cities of the Peloponnese, who were therefore able to send their armies to Plataia the following Spring and combine to defeat the remaining Persian army and its Greek allies. At the same time the Greek fleet eliminated the remaining Persian fleet at Mykale in Asia Minor. See also What_was_the_battle_at_Thermopylae_involving_the_300_and_who_won

Answer 6

Over 50 years thet increasingly repelled the Persians from Greek city-states, which eventually convinced the Persians that their aim of imposing peace on the cities was unachievable, so they made an agreement to stay away from them, and left them to get on with their customary inter-city warfare.

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After their defeat in the Persian wars, the Persian empire's interference in Greece was completely ended with the defeat of the Persians at the hands of Alexander the Great and the destruction of the Persian empire.

Answer 7

after they defeated the Persians the Greeks had a sense of importance for their selves. also they thought the gods had favored them and had therefore influenced the outcoming of wars 😆.

Answer 8

They lost, and made peace in 449 BCE.

Answer 9

They defeated them in battle.