The Persian Wars: The Battle Between Persia And Greece
Persian wars
Now to the Persian wars. The Persian wars are a series of battles between Persia and Greece. The Persian Empire at the time stretched from the Indus valley to the Asia Minor and Egypt and was starting to get into Greece and Europe. A few city-states started to send solders to help their fellow Greeks. Nine years later Darius, the emperor of Persia at the time, started to take his revenge. The first invasion of Greece was in the plains of Marathon near Athens, a great and scholared city at the time. The Athenian army had 11,000 solders while the Persians had 15,000. With good weapons and clever leaders, the Greeks were able to win the battle of marathon.
Ten years later, Darius’ son Xeroxes carried on his father’s plans to take on Greece after his death. This time, the powerful army of Sparta joined with the Athenians. The Athenians sent their navy to attack the Persians by sea while the Spartans were at the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae. The Persians had to go through the Spartans in order to get to the mainland in a timely manner. Luckily for the Persians, a traitorous Greek soldier led them to another pass that would allow them to attack the Spartans from behind. This allowed them to burn the city of Athens and …show more content…
They all had their parts in defending Greece. After the Persian wars, many city states formed alliance. All of the city-states contributing sent money to the city of Delos which granted them the name of the Delian league. With Athens being the biggest contributor, the power went to the Athenians head. They basically took over the whole league and made the league into its small little empire. Sparta also made its on alliance called the Peloponnesian league. To stop Athens from growing, Sparta declared war. The two states fought and damaged other states as they went. In the end, the people of Athens, starving and surrounded, surrendered leaving the victory to go to
Now to the Persian wars. The Persian wars are a series of battles between Persia and Greece. The Persian Empire at the time stretched from the Indus valley to the Asia Minor and Egypt and was starting to get into Greece and Europe. A few city-states started to send solders to help their fellow Greeks. Nine years later Darius, the emperor of Persia at the time, started to take his revenge. The first invasion of Greece was in the plains of Marathon near Athens, a great and scholared city at the time. The Athenian army had 11,000 solders while the Persians had 15,000. With good weapons and clever leaders, the Greeks were able to win the battle of marathon.
Ten years later, Darius’ son Xeroxes carried on his father’s plans to take on Greece after his death. This time, the powerful army of Sparta joined with the Athenians. The Athenians sent their navy to attack the Persians by sea while the Spartans were at the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae. The Persians had to go through the Spartans in order to get to the mainland in a timely manner. Luckily for the Persians, a traitorous Greek soldier led them to another pass that would allow them to attack the Spartans from behind. This allowed them to burn the city of Athens and …show more content…
They all had their parts in defending Greece. After the Persian wars, many city states formed alliance. All of the city-states contributing sent money to the city of Delos which granted them the name of the Delian league. With Athens being the biggest contributor, the power went to the Athenians head. They basically took over the whole league and made the league into its small little empire. Sparta also made its on alliance called the Peloponnesian league. To stop Athens from growing, Sparta declared war. The two states fought and damaged other states as they went. In the end, the people of Athens, starving and surrounded, surrendered leaving the victory to go to