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Years: 513BCE - 502BCE
…capture the Aegean islands of Lemnos and Imbros.
The approaches to Greece are thus in Persian hands, as is control of the Black Sea grain trade through the straits, the latter being of major importance to the Greek economy.
The conquest of Greece is a logical step to protect Persian rule over the Greeks of Asia Minor from interference by their European kinsmen.
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- Thracians
- Greece, classical
- Illyria, classical
- Persian people
- Celts
- Macedon, Argead Kingdom of
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Persian Conquests of 559-509 BCE
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Years: 513BCE - 502BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Thracians
- Greece, classical
- Illyria, classical
- Persian people
- Celts
- Macedon, Argead Kingdom of
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Persian Conquests of 559-509 BCE
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions