At the dawn of the 5th century BCE, two worlds collided in epic and dramatic fashion as the mighty Persian Empire waged war against the city states of Greece. Beginning as a minor rebellion in the far western fringe of Darius’ empire, the conflict would explode into a full scale war that would last for five decades. Spanning dozens of battles of costing thousands of the lives, the Greco-Persian Wars have shaped western imagination for over two thousand years. In the first of this two part episode, we discuss the roots of the hostilities, the Ionian Revolt, the first Invasion of Greece and the battle of Marathon.
S03 Mid Season Break
S03E10: 1776: Trenton, Princeton, and Washington's Crossing
S03E09: 1775: Bunker Hill and Quebec
S03E08: Lexington and Concord
S03E07: The First Continental Congress
S03E06: Lord Dunmore's War, 1774.
S03E05: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party
S03E04: Taxes, Taxes, Taxes...The Sugar and Stamp Acts
S03E03: The Paxton Boys and Black Boys Rebellion
S03E02: Pontiac's Rebellion and the Indian Insurgency of 1763
S03E01: 1763, the Birth of a Revolution
S02E16: Q and A Season Two Wrap Up
S02E15: The 300 Spartans, Thermopylae, and Xerxes I
S02E13: Athens, Sparta, and Classical Greece
S02E12: The Mycenaeans-The First Greeks
S02E11: Atlantis Found? The Lost Civilization of the Minoans
S02E10: Darius and the Persian Conquest
S02E09: Cyrus the Great and the Rise of Persia
S02E08: The Babylonian Empire
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