Ionian Revolt

In the 5th century B.C the Persian Wars raged the Mediterranean in attempt to conquer Greece. The Greek history was a series of battles fought between the Greece and Persia from 499 BC to 479 BC. The Persians were successful at invading but never conquered Greece. The Persian Empire was the largest and most powerful empire in the world and Greece had many cities states including the two main powerful states who were Athens and Sparta. This event all started when a few Greek city states who were…

coast of Attica near Marathon. With them, they brought Hippias, a former tyrant of Athens that was exiled by an uprising of the Athenian democracy with the help of Sparta. The Persians wanted to reinstate Hippias as tyrant of Athens much like with the Ionian city states. The Persian army outnumbered the Greek hoplite warriors two-to-one, causing the Athenians to ask out Greek-city states, including Sparta, for help. The Athenian army was commanded by ten generals. The eleventh general was called…

itself by providing an effective study tool for year 12 students when dealing with the causes that lead up to the outbreak of the Persian wars and the reasons for Greek victory over the Persians. Focus had been primarily upon the causes of the Ionian revolt, which had created a roller coaster effect that eventually led to the outbreak of…

Athens, Sparta, and Thebes all failed to create a lasting “Greek Empire.” While each polis had its own strengths and weaknesses, the poleis all failed for similar reasons. The poleis failed mainly due to almost constant power struggles, arrogance, and involvement in conflicts they should not have been involved in. Athens, Sparta, and Thebes all failed in spite of various strengths and due to various weaknesses. Athens’ strengths included its large size, large trireme navy, wealth,…

Violence and warfare greatly affect a civilization, both negatively and positively. The Greeks experience violence on numerous occasions and their culture suffers because of it. Due to the Persian War, the Peloponnesian War, and many other small revolts, Greek civilization becomes one of fear and hardship, where the poor and the population become increasingly depleted. Through these wars, Greek civilization deteriorates on a physical and psychological level, which causes the culture to change…

of Greek. The direct cause of this war is the Ionian revolt. When Darius the Great (the ruler of Persia) came into power in 522 BC. Many cities were under the Persian control. Ionia was one of the cities. In 499 BC, Ionians started a rebel against the Persians. The Ionians had an early success. However, the army and the navy of the Persian were too powerful. The counterattack of the army and the navy of Persia were too strong. At last, the Ionians were defeated at the Battle of Lade. Athens…

After Aristagoras, the tyrant of Miletus, failed to add Naxos to his domain, he began a revolt against the Persian Empire. The revolt ended after six years in a major naval defeat near Miletus and the the rebels were punished severely; King Darius I desired to avenge the disrespect towards his Empire, thus began to spread his Empire across all of Greece (BHAG…

A snapshot of the format and layout of the schematic diagram that guides the reader through the causes of the Ionian revolt. In the image, displayed are the ingrained causes in relation to economic burdens, military as well as political causes that had all played a part in applying substantial hardship on the Ionian people. Conversely, the uprising against the Persians came about more from opportunity then military planning, because of the unsuccessful invasion by the Persians upon Naxos. There…

The Persian Wars between the Greeks and the Persians of the Achaemenid Empire at the beginning of the fifth century BC. They are triggered by the revolt of the Asian Greek cities against the Persian domination, the intervention of Athens in their favor causing retaliation. The two military expeditions of the Achaemenid sovereigns Darius I and Xerxes I constitute the main military episodes of this conflict; they are concluded by the spectacular victory of the European Greek cities led by Athens…

the world, at the time. Some people found out and told Darius about the plan (Deering). As a result Darius wanted to kill him. Miltiades escaped and decided to go help the Ionians in their rebellion in the year 492 BC (Rice). After losing the Ionian revolt Miltiades made it back to Athens where he became a general. The Ionians put up a fight and destroyed a couple…