The Greco-Persian Wars, also known as the Persian Wars, was fought on the Peloponnese peninsula between the Greeks and Persians that lasted for 50 years starting in 499BCE. Athens took to the seas to fight in the naval battles while Sparta engaged the Persians on land. The Persian Wars are a significant turning point in world history because if the Persians would have won the war then life in the modern world would be divergent. The Persians would have enslaved the Greeks and the language that we all speak would be different. During this time, the expansion of eastern civilization westwards was at a standstill, and through Alexander the Great the process was turned around when he invaded Persia, extending Greek culture. It was a turning point
