Seapower and Western World Part 2 The Battle of Salamis September 480 (BCE) World Map Persian Empire World Map Greece & Aegean Sea Peloponnesus Includes Sparta and Corinth Phocaea Attica and Island of Euboea Includes Athens, Eritrea and Aegina Phocaea Ionia Phocaea to Miletus; Samos and Chios 499 BCE - Ionian Greeks Revolt Against Persia Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 486 BCE 540 BCE - Ionian Greeks Fall Under Domination of Persian Empire Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great Emperor of Persia 600 530 BCE Phocaea 490 BCE Darius Launches Punitive Expedition Against Eritrea and Athens Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 486 BCE Phocaea Battle of Marathon Miltiades the Younger 550 489 BCE General at the Battle of Marathon Phocaea Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 486 BCE End of Round 1 Phocaea Xerxes I or Xerxes the Great Emperor of Persia 519 465 BCE Phocaea Themistocles 524 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General Phocaea Themistocles 524 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General Impact of Salamis Decisive battle defeating Persian invasion Dawn of Greek Golden Age: Philosophy, Science, Art, Poetry, etc. Foundation for future western civilization: Greece, Rome, Christianity, Medieval Europe, Renaissance, European Colonization of North & South America, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, etc., etc.