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When Persia expanded into Asia Minor they took Greek land with them. The Persians put cruel tyrants in control of the city-states
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When the city-state of Miletus fights for freedom against Persia they spark a rebellion. Athens joins the rebellion when the people of Miletus asks for their help.
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This battle is what sparked the Persian wars. The Athenians were outnumbered but won.
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Another army of Persians started to march to Athens. The Persians were met at thermopylae by an army of Greeks. The Persians won.
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The Persians, after Thermopylae, marched to Athens. When they got to Athens they burned the city-states.
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After Athens was burned the Persian navy sailed near Salamis. They were met by the Greek navy. Greeks won
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the end of the Persian Wars were when the Greeks won the battle of Plataea. After Plataea the Persians left Greece. After the war Athens built an empire.
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The Delian league was created to protect from another invasion. Athens was the head of the league and collected taxes from the other city-states in the league.
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This war was to stop Athens from becoming to powerful. Sparta fought Athens to do this.
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Sparta and it's allies formed the Peloponnesian league. They worried Athens was going to be to powerful.
