CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Cyrus the Great
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Darius I
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Xerxes I
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Blue eyes white dragon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Xerxes I was likely persuaded by his cousin Mardonius to invade Greece in 480 BCE in order to avenge the late king Darius I . Darius, Xerxes’ father, had abandoned his own invasion after an embarrassing defeat at Marathon in 490. Mardonius may have desired war so that he could become satrap of Greece.
Detailed explanation-2: -In August 465 BC, Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard and the most powerful official in the Persian court, assassinated Xerxes with the help of a eunuch, Aspamitres.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -A Persian army led by Xerxes I defeated Greek forces led by the Spartan king Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae.