The Persian wars were touched off by?

Answer 1

Ionia - the Greco-Persian Wars was a result of the Ionian revolt .
The wars began when the Greek city-states in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule. Athens interfered, bringing Persian reprisal, which widened the conflict to the rest of the Greek world.

Answer 2

The Persian Wars began after the Athenians supported fellow Greeks in the Ionian Revolt. Persian temples were desecrated, and whether they did it or not the Athenians and Eritreans were blamed for it.

Answer 3

The Persian Wars began when the Ionian city-states in western Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule.

Athens, on mainland Greece, later sent a contigent briefly to assist, but withdrew it.

Answer 4

The Greek cities of Asia Minor and the Aegean islands.

Answer 5

Athens banned trade with its neighbour Megara in order to beggar it. Megara appealed to Sparta, which asked Athens to back off. Athens refused and war broke out.

Answer 6

Persian Empire mounted a punitive expedition against the Greek cities of Athens and Eritrea for their support of the Ionian Revolt.