http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Persian_War
2007-05-09 10:09:16 · 5 answers · asked by entranced82 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'm assuming that the Northwest (Central Asia) was largely a vast open grassland with few or no cities at the time. He would have gained nothing by conquering wandering nomads. The had no treasure, and could not pay any tribute (taxes).
2007-05-09 10:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quick answer is there wasn't much but mountains and badlands to the northwest. Greece was a culturally and commercially developed region, sitting more or less in the middle of east-west trade routes. The old adage kicked in: "Anything worth having is worth fighting for!" Hope this helps. Have a nice day.
2007-05-09 17:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by Pete 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because India was a tough nut to crack (even Alexander was not able to pull it off all the way a bit later in history) and also because Greece was rich, well developed and had a good infrastructure to exploit and even better it was divided into autonomous city states that did not often unite so they thought they could take them one state at a time.
2007-05-09 17:20:56 · answer #3 · answered by Alicia M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was nothing to the northwest. The loot was all in Greece.
2007-05-09 21:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greece had a more advanced civilization, more fertile farmland and better access to better trading ports on the mediterranean
2007-05-09 17:20:24 · answer #5 · answered by Pepito111 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋