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    scar, won from a war born of the greed of men. Upon thinking that, she realized such a thought was a tad ridiculous. Really, what war isn’t born from greed? Her lips

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    The Persian Wars refers to the warfare between Greece and Persia within the 5th century BCE which worried invasions by using the latter in 490 and 480 BCE. Several of the maximum famous and substantial battles in records were fought for the duration of the Wars, those had been at Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea, all of which would become legendary. The Greeks have been, ultimately, successful and their civilization preserved. If they have been defeated then the western international

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    The Persian Wars: How the Greeks Won The Persian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Greek states and the Persian Empire from 500-449 BC. It started in 500 BC, when a few Greek city-states on the coast of Asia Minor, who were under the control of the Persian Empire, revolted against the despotic rule of the Persian king Darius. Athens and Eretria in Euboea gave aid to these Greek cities but not enough, and they were subdued by the Persians. The Persians became determined to conquer

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    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

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    Ancient Greece there were many famous wars and conquerors, in every era. These wars were all recorded in early history and lasted a couple of years. The only one that was not, or is thought to be made up, is the Trojan War. The only things they can go off of are the stories and the ruins of the city of Troy. Another famous war was the Persian wars. This war was the first big war between the persian empire and Spartans/Athens. After the Persian war, the Peloponnesian war took place, which was led by sparta

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    the Persian Empire. Between the years 500-479 BC, the Greeks and the Persians fought two wars. Although the Persian power vastly surpassed the Greeks, the Greeks unexpectedly triumphed. In this Goliath versus David scenario, the Greeks as the underdog, defeated the Persians due to their heroic action, divine support, and Greek unity. The threat of the Persian Empire's expansion into Greece and the imminent possibility that they would lose their freedom and become subservient to the Persians, so horrified

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    ------------------------------------------------- To what extent was Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian Wars? Daniel Ashby Themistocles was responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian wars to a considerable extent. The key to Athens' strength in the 5th Century BC was in this general and statesman and therefore, as Greek victory relied so heavily on Athens, Themistocles vitally contributed to the outcome of the Persian king’s invasion of 480-479 BC. His early life reflects the character and skills developed

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    actions of Themistocles during the Persian War and the leadership of Pericles during Athens golden age influenced the outcome of history in ancient Greece. During the Persian War Themistocles’ leadership guided Athens to defeat the Persian Empire. Although Themistocles did not get a traditional aristocratic education, he is considered one of the greatest ancient greek politians for his strategies in war. After the battle of Marathon Themistocles knew the Persians would

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    The First Persian War took place at the Battle of the Marathon near Athens and it was known as one of the infamous battle between the Athenians and the Persians. In 501 B.C.E., a Greek tyrant named Aristogorus provoked the Persian rulers by instigating an uprising in Miletus and Ionia to revolt against the Persian Empire. In order to ward off the Persian Empire’s wrath, Aristogorus reached out to his compatriots on the mainland in Greece of Athens and Sparta. “Sparta refused, but Athens sent twenty

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    and the Gods in the Persian Wars The Persian Wars (499-479 BC) 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. Many city-states united in battle, although others found ways to avoid participation in the wars. The Greeks also relied on the words of Apollo to guide them, but the oracle did not always act encouragingly. The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Persian Wars due to heroic actions

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