stretching from The Caucasus and West Asia to what was then Macedonia (today’s Balkans), the Black Sea, Central Asia and even into Africa including parts of Libya and Egypt. He unified the empire through introducing standard currency and weights and measures;...
Fighting the Persian Wars 449 and 474 B.C.E. Athens and Sparta joined forced to fight the Persians. Persian Empire King Darius was a great Persian King. Ionian Revolt Began in 499 B.C.E. Started Greek Persian Wars Persians conquered Ionia. Ionians had to pay tribute. Ionians could not ...
1. INTRODUCTION The Malay Archipelago which today consists of modern Indonesia, Peninsula Malaysia, Thailand, Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei is a gateway that connects east and west by sea. Due to its strategic location, the Malay Archipelago had been frequented by international traders, merchants, ...
the Persians ruled the largest and most powerful empire. They conquered city-states in Ionia, the city-states in the Aegean Sea and Asia Minor. 2. Darius, Persian King, put down a revolt from Ionia and wanted to punish the rest of Greece. The Persians landed on the plain of Marathon...
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