Pros And Cons Of Darius The Great

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The greatest conflict Darius the Great had to face was the war against the Ionian Greeks. They had democracy and it proved to be very successful for them. Also, the Greek city-states in Lydia had become part of the empire in 546 B.C.E, and they rose in rebellion in 499 B.C.E. Greek settlers had come to the region several hundred years before, and they wanted their independence from Persian rule. At the time, Greece was made up of independent city-states scattered across the Aegean sea. Citizens of Athens and other city states supported their fellow Greeks. Darius defeated the rebels, and then turned to attack Greece itself. The Greeks destroyed the residential areas of Sardis, the capital in western Turkey, and Darius’ brother Artaphernes stood

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