CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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It let Greece rule Persia.
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It caused Persia to attack.
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It ended the Persian wars.
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It destroyed the Persian navy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plataea and Mycale have great significance in ancient history as the battles that decisively ended the second Persian invasion of Greece, thereby swinging the balance of the Greco-Persian Wars in favour of the Greeks.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following the Greek naval success at the Battle of Salamis in 480 bce, Persian King Xerxes left Greece with much of his army. However, his general, Mardonius, remained in northern Greece to continue the fight. The war’s deciding encounter at Plataea the next summer proved to be a crushing Greek victory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Persian Wars gave the Greeks a new feeling of confidence. The Ionian Greek cities, once subject states to the Persian king, gained their independence. The Greek world would go on to achieve great things, led by the city-state of Athens.