Having subdued his opponents in mainland Greece and elected Hegemon of Greece, Phillip II of Macedon wanted to stop the Persian interference in Greek affairs and exact payback for the Persian invasions in the 5th Century BCE (and incidentally of course gain an empire). He was assassinated before he set out, and his son Alexander carried out his father's plan.
The successful invasion was led by Macedonia and its king Alexander the Great, with Greek allies assisting.
King Cyrus of Persia expanded to incorporate Media, and this combined power enabled him to take over Babylon and expand further to the east and west.
Cyrus, the first king of the Persian Empire was known as a just and noble king. He was known as a liberator instead of a warrior of war. He let go of the Israeli from Judea who were taken captives by the Babylonians to return when he took them out. After him came his son Xerxes who was in war with the Greeks and the other kings after him were involved in battles until Darius III lost to the Greek therefore the beginning of the Greek Empire.
Rivalry between Athens and its empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The main reason was expansion of the Persian Empire into the Greek city states of Asia Minor and by extension to Greece proper. Herodotus is the best classical source
Having subdued his opponents in mainland Greece and elected Hegemon of Greece, Phillip II of Macedon wanted to stop the Persian interference in Greek affairs and exact payback for the Persian invasions in the 5th Century BCE (and incidentally of course gain an empire). He was assassinated before he set out, and his son Alexander carried out his father's plan.
The Phoenician city-states were incorporated into the Persian Empire, which was then taken over successively by Alexander the Greats Macedonian Empire, disputed between Egypt and Syria, then absorbed as part of the Province of Syria into the Roman Empire.
Their cause was to fight for the Persian Empire, even though they were mainly Phoenician, Asian-Greek and Egyptian.
First define the First Persian War. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several pheses - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this is supposed to be 'First Persian War?
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The successful invasion was led by Macedonia and its king Alexander the Great, with Greek allies assisting.
First define Persian War II. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several phases - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this are supposed to be 'Second Persian War', 'Second Persian War' and 'Third Persian War'?
The Greek cities in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule, some Greek city-states outside the empire intervened, and the Persians attempted to incorporate them into the empire to keep them quite, and so it spread.
It caused Greece to be divided.
The Greek city-states within the Persian Empire revolted in 499 BCE. This brought support from the Greek cities outside the empire, and an attempt by the Persians to restore peace.
The Persian empire was long gone before the Romans arrived in the Middle East - the empire had been swallowed up by Alexander in the late 4th Century BCE. The Romans began to take over some of the western part of Asia in the 1st Century BCE.