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Apr 11, 2024 · Built in a remote and mountainous region, Persepolis was an inconvenient royal residence, visited mainly in the spring. The effective administration of the Achaemenian realms was carried on from the imperial cities of Susa, Babylon, and Ecbatana.
3 days ago · The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon , which ended Darius I 's attempts to subjugate ...
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3 days ago · However, the following year saw a Greek army decisively defeat Mardonius and his troops at the Battle of Plataea, ending the second Persian invasion. Both ancient and modern writers have used the Battle of Thermopylae as a flagship example of the power of an army defending its native soil.
- 21–23 July, 20 August or 8–10 September 480 BC
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Apr 17, 2024 · For such a vast empire, the Persians maintained order and unity through an ideology of tolerance where religious and cultural diversity is respected and celebrated. The saying was that “Do what you want as long as you pay your taxes!”. The Empire was also administered most efficiently through a network of road and postal system.
Apr 16, 2024 · The Battle of Salamis, fought in 480 BCE in the straits between mainland Greece and the island of Salamis, was a pivotal naval conflict during the second Persian invasion of Greece, led by King Xerxes of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Apr 19, 2024 · An aerial attack on Iran on Friday came fresh on the heels of earlier tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes, a potentially dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict as a decades-long ...
