HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Alexander
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Darius
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Cronus
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Xerxes
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cyrus established himself as king of the Medes and the Persians. Among his ancestors was the legendary king Achaemenes, the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty. Cyrus later was killed in 530 BC and his son Cambyses became the next ruler of Persia, followed soon after by a new man named Darius.
Detailed explanation-3: -Darius had spent three years preparing men and ships for war when a revolt broke out in Egypt. This revolt in Egypt worsened his failing health and prevented the possibility of his leading another army. Soon afterwards, Darius died.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cyrus the Great He founded the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, in 550 B.C.