How Did Greece Influence Ionia

During the fifth century B.C.E., Persia was a thriving empire that controlled a vast territory. In 499 B.C.E., Greece helped Ionia, a province of Persia, rebel against the king of Persia, King Darius I. Darius vowed to crush Greece for it's role in the rebellion. Throughout the fifth century, Persia repeatedly attacked Greece. After the third Persian invasion in 479, Greece decided to put an end to the attacks. In 478, the Delian League was created; it was an alliance of poleis, or Greek city-states, meant to defend against Persia. The Persian Empire covered a vast area and had a higher population and more resources than Greece. Since Greece's development was individual (because of its geography), each polis had a limited population and limited