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The Persian empire conquered Ionia, a Greek colony on the west coast of present day Turkey.

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Athenians and Ionians went to battle with the Persians. 

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Athenians help Ionia rise, but the Persians put a stop to the Ionia revolt.

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Darius I was the Persian emperor and vowed or promised to punish the Athenians for helping Ionia.

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Persia landed on Marathon and was outnumbered by the Greeks, but defeated the Persians. The Athenians were told to kill themselves if they were defeated by the Persians, one of the Athenians ran 26.2 miles to let the Athenians know they won.

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In the battle of Thermopylae Xererx, Darius son invaded Athens and brought hundreds of ships and thousands of soldiers to attack. However, the Athenians were prepared and built alliances with other city-states including Sparta and fought off the Persians.

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ναυμαχία-Σαλαμίνας

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During the same time period as the Battle of Thermopylae, a small fleet of Greek warships called triremes faced the Persian navy and lured them into a trap that nearly destroyed a third of the Persian fleet.

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In the Battle of Plataea a large and united Greek army finally defeated the Persians. This led to the Persians leaving Greece and never invading again.