WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -These Greco-Persian wars had major impacts on the Greek city-states by shifting balances of power and letting Athens rise to become the most powerful of the Greek cities. Before the Persian invasions, Greece was very decentralized but Sparta was generally recognized as the hegemon (the most powerful city).

Detailed explanation-2: -Aftermath of the Persian Wars As a result of the allied Greek success, a large contingent of the Persian fleet was destroyed and all Persian garrisons were expelled from Europe, marking an end of Persia’s advance westward into the continent. The cities of Ionia were also liberated from Persian control.

Detailed explanation-3: -What caused the Persian Wars? The Persian ruler Darius began the Persian Wars to subdue the rebellious Greek city-states in the western part of his empire. Wealth, new territory, and personal prestige were likely contributing causes. Darius’ successor Xerxes continued the same aggressive policies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek-inhabited region of Ionia in 547 BC. Struggling to control the independent-minded cities of Ionia, the Persians appointed tyrants to rule each of them.