Why_Wre_The_Greeks_Able_To_Defeat_The_Persiansin_480_79_Bc

Why Wre The Greeks Able To Defeat The Persiansin 480/79 Bc Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians in 480/79 B.C.' The Persian Empire had been going from strength to strength since Cyrus had become ruler of Persia in 559 B.C. Before he took power Persia had been a largely unimportant country in the area but after a short time Cyrus had conquered the majority of the Mediterranean area and the borders of his Empire stretched as far as Modern day Afghanistan and northern Africa, after his death the consequent successors to the role of leader were to also add to empire. There was however one missing piece to the empire and that was Greece that now found itself almost entirely surrounded by countries that were either directly controlled by their ancient enemies or were political allies of them. As their traditional enemies and the only country in the area resisting their power, it was inevitable that the Persians would have to invade. But how when surrounded and outnumbered by a such a huge power that had defeated most the countries it had gone to war with was Greece able to come out of their war with Persia victorious' I will look at whether it was superior tactics greeks, greek, greece, been, war, troops, persians, persian, tactics, victory, persia, land, terrain, league, both, battle, army, sea, one, mardonius, major, hellenic, first, fighting, enemy, country, battles, xerxes, should, invasion, huge, forces, empire, city-states, although