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Was there roads in the Persian Empire?
The question is "WERE there roads in the Persian empire". The simple answer is no, the Persians only had dirt paths they travelled on but not "roads" by definition being a paved path. The Romans invented roads.
What was the name of the Persian Gulf in the old testament?
it has always been the Persian gulf, because the Persians were the first to explore the area of , so they named it the PERSIAN gulf. as you can see in the memorial wall of rome (The other big civilization of that time) , the name is spelled as "Golfo Persico" which means the Persian gulf.
How might the Persian Wars have ended of the Spartans had not slowed the Persians at Thermopylae?
Thermopylae was a very minor event in the 50-year Persian Wars. It failed to have any influence on the wars, and only later became symbolic of courage.
How the did the Greeks win against the Persians in the battle of Thermopylae?
Thermopylai was just a holding action to force a sea battle where the Greeks tried to destroy the Persian fleet, which was the key to defeating the invasion. The sea battle failed, so there was no reason to continue to hold the pass. The Spartan contingent continued to hold the pass to let the other Greek contingents escape to friendly city walls to prevent the Persian cavalry broking through and catching them in open country.
How did the Spartans lead that helped the Athenians defeat the Persians?
When Xerxes's army invaded Greece, the army had to go through a mountain pass called Thermopylae. The Greek army consisted of 4,000 soldiers. For seven days, the Greeks held back the Persians, and the last three of those days were full on battle. However, a Greek traitor told the Persians of a way to pass around the Greeks. When King Leonidas of Sparta, who was the leader of the Greek army, found out that they were to be surrounded, he dismissed most of the army, remaining to defend the pass with only 300 Spartans, 400 Thebans, and 700 Thespians, and perhaps a few hundred others. Nearly all of those who stayed back were killed by the Persian army, but they helped to delay the Persian army and give the retreating Greeks enough time to escape. Whether the actions of Leonidas and the Spartans helped in Athens's final victory at Salamis I don't know, but he and his brave army did save the lives of thousands of Greeks.
How many people speak Persian worldwide?
About 90 Million… 70 Million in Iran and 20 Million Persians all over the world. This figure is consisting of only Persians worldwide. The number is much higher if you also count the people from other Persian speaking countries. Like: Afghanistan and Tajikistan.Around 85 million.
What was The problem with using Germanic soldiers to fight the invading Persian army's?
The soldiers where only loyal to Rome when paid
What type of post-Exile colonialism existed in Babylon?
AnswerAfter Cyrus defeated the Babylonians and released the Jews from Exile, the Persians ruled Babylon and the entire Babylonian Empire, moving their capital to Babylon. The Jews were grateful to the Persians throughout the Persian period and willingly adopted the Persian choice for the imperial language, Aramaic, in place of the Hebrew language. Even after the defeat of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great, only the Jews refused to adopt Greek as their language, continuing with the use of Aramaic. This is one example that shows the Jews were willing to serve the Persian masters and found Persian colonialism tolerable.
Why might the Persian empire have been a threat to greece?
Greek cities interfered in the Persian Empire in support of the Greek cities within the Empire. This led the Persians to think that the only way for peace was to absorb the Greek cities into the Empire. A fifty-year war ensued.
What caused the Persian Wars to occur?
The Greek cities in Asia revolted against Persian rule, supported by their mother cities in mainland Greece. The Persians put down the revolt and decided that they could only maintain peace by getting control of the mainland cities under a Persian governor. Some submitted, others decided to fight.
Why did the Greeks think that Thermopylae was a good place to defeat the Persian army?
To stop the Persian land advance in order to force them into a sea battle in narrow waters in the nearby strait. The Persian navy threatened the Greek cities, and these cities kept their armies at home to counter the threat. By defeating the Persian navy the Greeks hoped to end this amphibious threat and so allow their city armies to concentrate against the Persian army, rather than the cities being picked off one by one. The Persian navy also protected the supply fleet on which it's army depended as a poor country like Greece could not support it. The naval battle failed, so the Thermoplyae blocking position was to no avail. However a second naval battle at Salamis destroyed the Persian naval power. With the supply lines now exposed, and the Greek countryside unable to provide food during the upcoming winter, half the Persian army was sent home. With the amphibious threat gone, the following year (479 BCE) the Greek cities concentrated their armies at Plataia and defeated the remaining half of the Persian army and its Greek allies.
Who lost the battle of marathon?
The Persian infantry at Marathon was mostly composed of lightly armoured troops, who couldn't stand up to the armoured warriors of the Athenian infantry. However the Athenians had few cavalry, and the strong Persian cavalry evened up the equation.The Athenians stayed in the hills for 10 days so that the Persian cavalry couldn't get at them. Then they saw the cavalry being embarked on the ships, so freed of that threat, they rushed down and defeated the hapless Persian infantry. However the cavalry got away, being rowed around Cape Sunion to get into Athens while its army was preoccupied at Marathon.Fortunately for the Athenians they woke up to what was happening, and ran back over the hills just in time to intercept the Persian cavalry as it landed in front of the city. Frustrated, the Persian force returned home.
