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The Persians began with bribery and so often faced a divided enemy. They used their infantry as a base, and their superior cavalry to outflank and surround the Greek infantry. They used their navy to threaten the Greek cities so that they would keep their armies at home protecting them, and not come out an unite, leaving the cities open to defeat one by one.

The Greeks countered by forming alliances of city-states and concentrating first on destroying the Persian navy, which removed the threat to the cities and allowed their armies to assemble, and also left the Persians without the sea supply line on which they relied.

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