CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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This King of Persia decided to attack Greece in 490 BCE because of his anger for the role Athens, among others, played in the Ionian Revolt.
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Xerxes
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Darius
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Cyrus
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Croesus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Xerxes crushed the Egyptian revolt, and very quickly restarted the preparations for the invasion of Greece. This expedition was finally ready by 480 BC, and the second Persian invasion of Greece thereby began, under the command of Xerxes himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mission was a debacle, and sensing his imminent removal as tyrant, Aristagoras chose to incite the whole of Ionia into rebellion against the Persian king Darius the Great.
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