Outline The Reasons Why Greece Defeated The Persian Wars

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Outline the reasons why the Greek city states defeated the Persian empire during the Persian wars

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Outline the reasons why the Greek city states defeated the Persian empire during the Persian wars. The Greece war between Persia, also known as the Greco - Persian wars lasted for around 50 years. It was a series of wars and conflicts that started in 499 BC and ended in 449 BC.

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The Greeks had many battle strategies that they used to beat the Persians and one of those, was the Phalanx. It was a formation were a Greek soldier used a big shield to protect themselves, and they used their spear to fight the Persians.

The Greek soldiers had much better armour and weapons than the Persians. According to Herodotus,

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