WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Delian League was founded in 478 BCE following the Persian War to be a military alliance against any enemies that might threaten Ionian Greeks. It was led most notably by Athens, who protected all members unable to protect themselves with its massive and powerful navy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The original membership probably included most of the Aegean islands, except Aegina, Melos, and Thera, most of the cities of Chalcidice, the shores of the Hellespont and Bosporus, some of Aeolia, most of Ionia, and a few eastern Dorian and non-Greek Carian cities.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Athenians led the Delian League; Pericles, a notable leader of Athens, had the league’s headquarters moved from Delos to Athens in order to establish Athens as its primary authority, which would eventually lead to the establishment of the Athenian Empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -Persian Wars, or Greco-Persian Wars, (492–449 bc) Series of wars between Greek states and Persia, particularly two invasions of Greece by Persia (490, 480–479).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Wars of the Delian League (477–449 BC) were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies (and later subjects), and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.