how did the Greeks and Persians come into conflict with one another?

Answer 1

According to Herodotus, it was over reciprocal bride-theft. At the beginning of the Histories, he considers the story of Zeus' pursuit of Europa (with Paris' kidnap of Helen as a kind of retaliation) as a veiled reference to practices of kidnapping by settlers forming colonies on both sides in order to have wives (the Danes did something similar in taking Irish and English women once they had settled Iceland). Tom Holland's Persian Fire suggests that it was largely territorial expansion by the Persian empire, as well as Greek expansion of colonies in Asia Minor. A series of small conflicts in which Greece was successful - alarming to the Persians, who were much more powerful, sophisticated and wealthy - suggested to the Persian emperor that invading Greece would put paid to what he saw as rebellion. Northern Greeks who got a bad deal from the emerging city-states such as Athens and Peloponnesians oppressed by Sparta supported the Persian incursion, as it would depose reigning oligarchies and bring many benefits.

Answer 2

When the Persians attacked & attempted to control Asia Minor where many Greek (Ionian) colonies are located, the Greeks sent help to resist the Persians.

As a punitive measure (or revenge, if you will), Xerxes decide to invade Greece to punish the Greek city states for their roles in the resistance.

Answer 3

Greeks had colonies in coastal Turkey, Persian empire expanded from Iran into Turkey...

their cultures came into contact and so naturally came into conflict with one another. There was also a great deal of cooperation and coexistence, not just conflict

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Power. Two tuff guys on the block. Each standing in the other's way in their plans of conquest.