The Persian Wars Eric D. Blanco Persia‚ known as Iran‚ was the largest empire the world had ever seen by the 5th century B.C.E. The name Iran derives from the word “Asyran‚” and during the first half of the first millennium‚ the Iranian-speaking people moved gradually into the area of the Zagros Mountains‚ the largest groups known as the Medes and Persians. According the author of The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC by Philip de Souza‚ The Persians were part of a group of ancient
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multiplier in many battles; at the Battle of Marathon‚ Miltiades used the Vrana Valley to prevent a Persian march on Athens‚ at the Battle of Thermopylae‚ Leonidas used the narrow‚ Thermopylae pass to invalidate the Persian numbers‚ and at the Battle of Artemisium‚ Themistocles used the Artemisium Strait to aid in his battle against the Persian fleets. The best manipulation and use of terrain by the Greeks in the Greco-Persian War was at the Battle of Marathon. In the Battle of Marathon Miltiades
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Because of the recent movie‚ 300‚ most people are aware of the epic battle that occurred at Thermopylai were 300 odd Spartans supposedly held off an army of over one million led by Xerxes I. Now‚ there were many errors in the movie (the number of men on both sides being the chiefest of them). But it still leaves many people asking how a force so drastically outnumbered was able to hold a force nearly twenty times their number. The answer lies in the difference in their equipment‚ tactics and their
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effort against the Persians. It was he who realized that the Persian threat was imminent and catastrophic‚ and it was his radical advancement of Athenian sea power which allowed the Greeks to achieve victory over the Persians. After serving at the battle of Marathon‚ in 490BC during the first invasion‚
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The Egyptian revolt and the two Babylonian revolts occurred during periods of attempted Greek expansion and within a very short time frame of each other‚ they were also conducted in the first years of Xerxes reign. Xerxes wished to direct all attention to carry Darius’ legacy of Greek expansion by continuing invasions. The revolts in the empire may have been in response to defeats and/or evidence suggests the increased taxation burden was of significant influence within these revolts. The consequences
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How successful the Delian League was. The Delian League or Athenian League was an alliance of more than 300 Greek city-states‚ under the direction of Athens‚ with the aim of liberating the eastern cities of Greece which were under the control of Persia. “Prominent members included: Aegina‚ Byzantium‚ Chios‚ Lesbos‚ Lindos‚ Naxos‚ Paros‚ Samos‚ Thasos‚ and many other cities across the Aegean‚ in Ionia‚ the Hellespont‚ and Propontis.” (Cartwright & Mark‚ 2016). This alliance was dissolved after the
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By their use of the trireme it helped the Greeks win the war that they fought with the Persians. It was called the Battle of Salamin. The Oracle at Delphi told them that the people would be saved by a wooden wall. The messages weren’t always clear‚ Themistocles thought that “a wooden wall” meant a wooden wall of boats and wanted to fight and defend them with a wall
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Greek and Persian civilizations have both left a lasting impression on the modern world with their political‚ cultural‚ and military practices. Greeks left a very rich cultural history with their philosophy‚ literature‚ and science influencing peoples from southwest Asian to western Europe. The Persians‚ more specifically the Achaemenid empire‚ were very successful in expanding and governing a vast empire that included many different types of peoples. They demonstrated
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The success of the Delian league can be seen in peace enjoyed by members of the league. This is seen in the protection offered by Athens from invasion of the Persian army. The Persians army were deadly as at that time‚ while many Greek- city state saw the Athenians soldier as the only army that can combat the Persian forces‚ for this reason they all ran to Athens‚ there was a coalition‚ hence the Delian league was formed and they were enjoying the coalition. The coalition which was popularly called
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Salami Attack A salami attack is when small attacks add up to one major attack that can go undetected due to the nature of this type of cyber crime. It also known as salami slicing/penny shaving where the attacker uses an online database to seize the information of customers‚ that is bank/credit card details‚ deducting minuscule amounts from every account over a period of time. These amounts naturally add up to large sums of money that is unnoticeably taken from the collective accounts. Most people
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