Greco-Persian Wars

The Greco Persian wars were a collection of wars between Greece city-states and the Persian Empire; Athens was also the focus of Persia’s hostility in most of the wars. The Persian Empire fell nearly 150 years after those wars since their ruler died in battle; after being weak and not having strong leaders so they collapsed. Today would be a lot different if the Persian had won the Greco Persian wars, like our form of government, our language, and alphabet since we use Greek roots for most of our

Goliath scenario, the Greeks as the underdog, defeated the Persians due to their support, heroic action and Unity. For support, the Greeks relied on the words of Apollo to guide them, but the he did not always act encouragingly. The Persian Wars put the Greeks in the difficult position of having to defend their country against a vast empire with an army that greatly outnumbered their own. The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Persian Wars due to heroic actions performed by Athens and Sparta and occasional

, the Greco-Persian wars were raging. Persia’s obvious wealth did not stop the Greeks from fighting for their own freedom. The Persians learned the the hard way that the Greeks, though small in number, were powerful. The Ancient Greeks paved the way for Western Civilization because of the battles they won, their strategic plans and organization, and their purpose for fighting. The Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C. was a pivotal moment in history for not only the Greeks in the Greco-Persian War, but also

many different things, however war seems to be the common attribute. War is able to divide and unify societies, cultures, and religions throughout the world. Separation is also a cause of war, for example, civil wars have happened all around the world in order to break apart a governing body. According to history.com, “Athens and Sparta, both powerful Greek city-states, fought as allies in the Greco-Persian Wars between 499 and 449 B.C. In the wake of the Persian retreat, however, Athens grew

of the largest empires the world has even seen, like the gargantuan Persian empire stretching from Egypt to Tibet. Power is often compared to something along the lines of quality over quantity, and this can certainly be applied to the Second Greco-Persian War of 480-479 BCE. During this time Greece was in fact not an empire, but rather a collection of various city states, although these city states managed to hold off the Persian invasion together in the iconic battles of Thermopylae, Plataea and

Greco-Persian Wars Basics The Greco-Persian War was between the Greeks (Athenians and Spartans) and the Persians. The Persian Empire , or the Achaemenid Empire was first started by Cyrus The Great. The leader of the Persians in this war was Cyrus’s son King Darius I. The war lasted from ~500 - 449 BCE, when the Persians finally got peace with the Greeks. The war started from the Ionian Revolt. Ionia was a Greek city-state under the control of the Persians

after the Greco-Persian Wars. After the death of Darius, his son Xerxes ruled until 465 B.C. Xerxes was a cruel but weak king who was also defeated by the Greeks in the Persian Wars. During Xerxes' reign, the Persian Empire declined. Would the outcome of the Greco-Persians Wars change the decline of the Persian Empire? The Greco-Persian Wars led to the rise of the Athenian power. In the wake of the Persian retreat, Athens grew more powerful against Persia, after the death of Xerxes the Persian Empire

The author, Ernle Bradford, expresses his view and also other scholar’s views about the Greco-Persians wars. Bradford researched a lot of bibliography to gather enough information for in-depth explanation about the Persians and Greeks. Bradford brought back events from the classical age because he believes that they were fading out. The book was “pro-Athenian bias” because of how much the Persians took over, but the Athenian inspired Europe through the Classical Ages and the Spartans inspirited value

During the Greco-Persian war (500 B.C. - 449 B.C), many battles took place in this bloody war. Battles were fought on land and at sea. Sea battles played a major role during the war. The Athenian Fleet was among the most sophisticated and powerful navies to date that time. The Persian Armada seemed unbeatable with its vast number of ships and soldiers. The Athenian Navy had a higher kill ratio than the massive Persian Fleet. The Persians and the Athenians both used that same type of ship for sea

is war. During the era of expansion and conquest, wars were waged across lands near and far. By means of defense, revolts arose at this time of numerous battles as well as the formation of alliances. As a whole, war is a struggle for power. For instance, two great ancient civilizations, Greece and Persia, fought in a series of conflicts known as the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus, the historian who first wrote about the Persian Wars, once said, “Great things are won by great dangers.” All war is