How Did The Persian Wars That Lead To The Rise Of The Delian League

Throughout history there have been many events that have either led to the fall of one nation or country and the rise of another. The rise and fall going hand in hand seemingly, because there is usually always an counterpart empire who automatically captures the reins of the civilization. In such cases like Athens and the Delian league, it was the Persian wars that led to the Athens garnering their strength and officially ‘rising’ ultimately leading to the birth of the Delian league. dsfdsfdsfdsfdsfsfdfsdfsddfs When Darius' son, Xerxes, amassed one of the greatest armies of only fewer than 400 Greek vessels defeated that then defeated the 1,200 strong Persian fleet. Causing them to flee to Asia, and in 479 B.C. his army followed him, pulling out of Greece. By the all of this took place time Athens had won the friendship and gained the trust of many Greek states, because of their defeat of the Persians and because of the unpopularity rule and might of the Spartan army,
By now they had by now obtained a empire. Of the more than 200 members, but after some time only a few allies of this empire remained largely in part due to that "After the Athenians had gained their empire, they treated their allies rather terribly except for a few; however, the majority had ceased to contribute ships and instead gave Athens tribute. Over time though, these allies became tired and dreaded the idea of giving Athens tribute, when there was no war/army to face but really the Athenians were just using the tribute to build up their own civilization, and once other cities started to figure this out, they soon broke off. Some warned that by doing this, the Athenians gave up any pretense of working for the good of the League. The allies were indeed furious at the way their money was spent, which would then lead to the downfall of the Delian league.