Red Greece

what was the biggest power in ancient history?...greece or persia?

Public Comments

1. in civilization ancient egyptians and greecs in war ancient romans and persians
2. Greece Defeated the Persians in the Persian Wars and later Persia was conquered by Alexander the Great.
3. Ottoman Empire I love them. They were best they never use people as slaves.
4. Greece.
5. I would say Greece as compared to Persia however Rome in its full glory made the other two seem trivial in comparison
6. In your question you explicitly talk about Greece and Persia only. If by "biggest power" you talk about economic importance, teritorial extension, duration, etc., of those two, doubtlessly Persia was much more great. Although Greece defeated to Persia in his tried to follow grow towards the West, that was in the final times of Persia and it did not clear anything to Persia of his immense territory. However, for the West it had more importance Greece since great part of our culture derives from them (through Rome). On the other hand, people and countries from the near middle East, could say the same of Persia.
7. Persia. Greece was a relatively small group of warring city-states at its best. Macedonia under Alexander conquered the Persians, not Greece.
8. the mongolians created an empire that was biggest in history, comprising of 2/3 of the known world, spanning from the pacific to the danube.
9. persia was pretty gigantic, although greece had a more organised army what with the hoplites while the persian empire was pretty much a scrambling bunch of idiots with spears and shields usually overwhelming their enemies with sheer numbers. although between them two power wise, Greece
10. I say Mesopotamia, it ruled a large part of the Middle East at one point in time, stretching over Persia, and all the way to Phoenicia (Lebanon) and Egypt. They also created many innovations which have influenced society today, such as the wheel, lens, glass, number 0, first written language, helmet, geometry, algebra, and many more.
11. WEBSITES ON THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS http://www.cumbavac.org/Ancient_Greeks_and_Romans.htm Good luck. Kevin, Liverpool, England.