Greece vs. Persian Empire

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[...] The Themistocles naval battle otherwise referred to as the Battle of Salamis saw the Greek emerge victorious over the Persians. This was partly contributed to the fact that, Themistocles assembled majority of the Greek fleet and organized them in a manner that would ideally conquer the Persian fleet. This was described by Herodotus that the Allies "were putting out to sea the barbarians immediately attacked them" (Rung n.p). Although they were greatly outnumbered, Themistocles persuaded his troops to lure the Persians to battle and the end results saw the Greeks scoring decisive victory against the Persians. [...]

[...] Therefore, aside from the defeat of Persia, these wars gave rise to a global unifying event that also brought together and emphasizes on democracy. The Olympic Games emancipated after the Greek victory against the Persians. The messenger ran all the way from Marathon to Athens to spread the good word and died afterwards; “there is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief,” (Sealey n.p.). This was a total distance of 26 miles. This action ideally brought peace to the entire world. [...]

[...] The advantages the Greeks had over the Persians were numerous. First, of all, in as much as the Persians had the advantage in numbers and resources, their tactics compared to the Greeks were rather substandard and thus could not compare; “Force has no place where there is need of skill” (Green n.p.). Secondly, even though the Persians had a large army, the Greeks were more skilled in warfare having received training from a tender age. The Greeks were extremely fit a factor that was well depicted during the Battle of Marathon. [...]

[...] Had the Greeks lost these wars, the idea of democracy would ideally have been but a farfetched thought. The Persian's rule was basically iron handed in the sense that, it did not give room for negotiations as compared to the Greeks. In essence, while making peace with Persia, the Greeks primarily gave the Persians options as to how they would have preferred to divide the spoils of war; either by supplying armed forced to the Delian League or paying taxes to the joint treasury in which the Persians opted to pay taxes. [...]

[...] Greece vs. Persian Empire The Persian wars also known as the wars between Greece and Persia comprised of a series of wars that commenced in 499BC between Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city states. The wars lasted all through until 449BC. The history of the wars are best accounted for by Herodotus who narrates the occurrences of the wars chronologically in his novel the Enquiries, thus the reason as to why he is often regarded to as the Father of History. [...]