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The Greco-Persian Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek City-States, Including the Battle of ... Plataea, and More (Ancient Greek History) Paperback – March 30, 2019

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This cultural prominence was on full display during these wars, for the Greco-Persian Wars were documented by Herodotus, who is often said to be the father of modern history. His carefully detailed events inspired people like Thucydides to write his own history of the Peloponnesian War. These writers, although limited in terms of the sources available to them, were able to carefully document all of the events both during and after the war, and their versions of the story have been verified time and time again by various historians, helping enshrine these works as some of the most important in human history.

Because of the work of Herodotus, we know that the conflict that eventually became the Greco-Persian Wars began along the coast of the modern nation of Turkey in a region known as Ionia. In this region, twelve Greek city-states, which had been free and independent since their founding, had recently been subjugated by the Kingdom of Lydia, which was shortly thereafter conquered by Persia. So, when the tyrant king Aristagoras called for the people of Ionia to revolt against the Persians in 499 BCE, the Ionian Greeks responded. Athens and Eritrea rushed in to support their besieged countrymen, and the Greco-Persian Wars were under way.

In other words, the Greco-Persian Wars are often portrayed as a battle between good and evil. This is simultaneously an exaggeration and an oversimplification, but there is no doubt that this war, or series of wars, fought between some of the most powerful civilizations of the ancient era helped to plot the course of human history that we have been following up until this very day.

In The Greco-Persian Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek City-States, Including the Battle of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea, and More, you will discover topics such as:
  • On the Eve of War
  • The Ionian Revolt
  • Darius I Marches on Greece: The Battle of Marathon
  • The Interwar Years: Greece and Persia Prepare to Meet Again
  • The Invasion of Xerxes Part 1: The Battles of Thermopylae and Artemisium
  • The Invasion of Xerxes Part 2: The Battles of Salamis and Plataea
  • The Delian League Wars
  • The Aftermath of the War
  • The Greek Military
  • The Persian Military
  • And much, much more!

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (March 30, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 108 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1092148515
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1092148511
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.27 x 9 inches
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R. Schwartz
5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, readable and well informed piece of scholarship
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2020
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I like this study very much. Very well informed and quite readable.
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Diarmuid OSullivan
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written and Informative
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2019
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A fascinating and brief look into the Greek and Persian war. Although it is short and not that in depth, I feel I learned quite a bit from it and am satisfied with its thoroughness. I heartily recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The battle that signaled the end of Persia's attempt to conquer Greece
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2019
I liked the fact that this book gave background information from both sides of this conflict, so that the reader has a better understanding of what motivated both Xerxes and the Greek city states. Greek armorment, fighting style, and their choice of location to fight the Persians combined to slow Dow the Persians enough to put doubt in Xerxes mind. This combined with their severly damaging an already storm damaged Persian fleet caused Verses to personally return to his own country leaving the War to his generals. Athens tricked Sparta into thinking they were going to accept Persian terms so much so that Sparta sent an army of45,000 men to help fight the Persians. This basically evened up the numbers and the Greeks ran the Persians out of Greece.
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D. West
5.0 out of 5 stars Super Informative!!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2019
Very detailed information on this time period in World History. See new military innovations used. We see revolts & what led to them. We see the battle of Marathon which showed that the Greeks counseling’s defeat the Persians. This led to their downfall . This our the Greeks for this time time period at the top of the world.
Another great informative book that contributes to the literature of world history.
Great job Captivating History!!!
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L. A. Cathey
3.0 out of 5 stars OK
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Very few maps of low quality.
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Renee Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2019
An informative write that gives you facts that you might not have known.
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Bevan
4.0 out of 5 stars Another gem
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2019
Another gem from Captivating History - making history easy and enjoyable to read.
Sure, there is some 'poetic-licence', conjecture and assumptions: but it certainly adds to the readers' comfort and incentive to keep reading.
There are some maps (and references to colour) which were not really useful on a b&w Paperwhite Kindle .
Would have liked to know more about: what happened to inhabitants of villages that were overrun and annihilated, how did tens of thousands of marching/invading soldiers live and eat day-to-day, and how long did they take to traverse those vast distances.....?
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Christina Feigner
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2019
I found this book to be another very interesting read. Very informative and another gem by Captivating History.
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Zairus64
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book overall, great value for money
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2024
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Good book overall. Effective and engaging summary of the Greco-Persian wars. Great value for money. My only criticism is that some names are spelled incorrectly several times, for example you write Eritrea instead of Eretria and Sapabara instead of Sparabara.
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Igor Palmeira
5.0 out of 5 stars Curto e útil
Reviewed in Brazil on December 28, 2019
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É curto, então é um resumo. Mas um bom resumo. Que sirva de estímulo pra ler mais.
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Peter Dumarey
3.0 out of 5 stars Introduction populaire et facile
Reviewed in France on May 27, 2019
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Passionné de l’histoire de la guerre, toutes périodes confondues, j’ai apprécié la simplicité et la vue d’ensemble. Par après, il me sera donc facile de creuser ces guerres complexes à géométrie politique variable.
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