The Persian Wars
The Persian
Wars
Eric D. Blanco
Persia, known as Iran, was the largest empire the world had ever seen by the 5th century B.C.E. The name Iran derives from the word “Asyran,” and during the first half of the first millennium, the Iranian-speaking people moved gradually into the area of the Zagros Mountains, the largest groups known as the Medes and Persians. According the author of The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC by Philip de Souza, The Persians were part of a group of ancient peoples who spoke languages similar to modern Iranian (Souza, Pg. 19). The origin of the Persian Empire can be attributed to the leadership of Cyrus the Great. A brilliant and powerful Persian king, he enlarged nearby islands and united them into one empire. Cyrus was able to create a vast empire that would last more than two hundred years. As time went by, the Greek city-states were under the rule of the Persians. The Persian wars began. But what was the Persian war? According to the “Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Greece”, it was a serious of conflicts fought between Greek states and the Persian Empire. Greece was invaded twice during the Persian wars. The wars with Greece and Persia were a result due to rebellion, but who won the war?
The Persians wanted to conquer more of Greece, then a war broke out, but how did it all began? After the death of King Croesus of Lydia died, Greece was under the rule of the Persian Empire which they much resented. In result to this, they fought to throw out the Persians. The city-state Ionia revolted. Athens and Eritrea supported the Ionians with a token force of twenty ships from Athens, five ships from Eritrea. The Ionian revolt was successful at first, but after the Greeks sailed home it was crushed. Persian temples had been violated, and whether they did it or not the Athenians and Eritreans were blamed for it. King Darius I of Persia ordered a punitive expedition to these two cities, but a storm smashed his fleet. Another
Wars
Eric D. Blanco
Persia, known as Iran, was the largest empire the world had ever seen by the 5th century B.C.E. The name Iran derives from the word “Asyran,” and during the first half of the first millennium, the Iranian-speaking people moved gradually into the area of the Zagros Mountains, the largest groups known as the Medes and Persians. According the author of The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC by Philip de Souza, The Persians were part of a group of ancient peoples who spoke languages similar to modern Iranian (Souza, Pg. 19). The origin of the Persian Empire can be attributed to the leadership of Cyrus the Great. A brilliant and powerful Persian king, he enlarged nearby islands and united them into one empire. Cyrus was able to create a vast empire that would last more than two hundred years. As time went by, the Greek city-states were under the rule of the Persians. The Persian wars began. But what was the Persian war? According to the “Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Greece”, it was a serious of conflicts fought between Greek states and the Persian Empire. Greece was invaded twice during the Persian wars. The wars with Greece and Persia were a result due to rebellion, but who won the war?
The Persians wanted to conquer more of Greece, then a war broke out, but how did it all began? After the death of King Croesus of Lydia died, Greece was under the rule of the Persian Empire which they much resented. In result to this, they fought to throw out the Persians. The city-state Ionia revolted. Athens and Eritrea supported the Ionians with a token force of twenty ships from Athens, five ships from Eritrea. The Ionian revolt was successful at first, but after the Greeks sailed home it was crushed. Persian temples had been violated, and whether they did it or not the Athenians and Eritreans were blamed for it. King Darius I of Persia ordered a punitive expedition to these two cities, but a storm smashed his fleet. Another