As a result of the Persian Wars of the 5th century B.C. __________. A. Athens took the lead in organizing an alliance of Greek city-states against further attacks by the Persian Empire B. Persia lost control of Asia Minor and the eastern Mediterranean C. Sparta was forced to give up its leadership of the Greek city-states in the Peloponnese D. the Greek city-states were forced to recognize the Persian king as their overlord



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A. Athens took the lead in organizing the alliance of Greek city-states against further attacks by the Persian Empire
As a result of the Persian wars of the 5th century BC, Athens took the lead in organizing an alliance of greek city states against further attacks by the Persian empire. According to the study , when the Ionian revolt started Aristagoras supported Athens and Eretria, that’s the reason why the king of Persia vowed to have a revenge against this two. It was Themistocles who supported Athens to continue with their expansion of their Naval Power. Because of his great leadership, he was later on become the leading politician of Athens.






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