The Ionian revolt

... The Ionian Revolt Name :Kris Agnew Student #: 0262044 TA: Laura Hoy The Ionian revolt occurred in about the year 500 BC with the major players being the Greeks and the Persians. The Ionians were a Greek people who had settled in what is presently the west coast of Turkey. The Greek states in Asia minor have been under Persian rule for 50 years before this when Cyrus, the Persian King, conquered them. Ever since then all the coastal islands were taken control of under the rule of the later, King Darius. Sometime later Cyprus was added to this already vast empire. The islands between Ionia and Greece were left independent and were known as the Cyclades1. They were important trade routes between Greece and Ionia. The Ionian people were not the only ones to revolt, they gathered others like the Hellspontians and the Byzantines to join them in their rebellion. The reasons

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