Persian Wars

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When these wars occurred, the Persian Empire was the largest empire the world had seen. They had expanded through Asia, Asia Minor, and parts of North Africa. The Persian Empire’s ruler was King Darius, and he saw Greece as a perfect place to expand his empire. He Invaded a Greek colony called Ionia. Darius asked for tributes, and the Ionians were furious, so they asked the city state of Athens to help them, Athens then sailed to Ionia and defeated the Persians, and they sailed back, shortly after, the Persians returned and crushed the Ionians and destroyed the city of Miletus. This sparked the Persian-Greek Wars as the Persians marched forward into Greece.

The Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Marathon was between the Athenians helped by the Plataeans against a Persian army commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The Persians sailed to a harbor near the city state of Marathon, from there, they sent the Persians to march into the plains of Marathon, where the Athenians and Plataeans were blocking the exits of the plains. Knowing that the small Greek army couldn't stand a chance against ...

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