1. It lasted 50 years, 499-449 BCE.

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2. It arose from the Persian attempt to impose peace in the Eastern Mediterranean.

3. The Greek city-states temporarily reduced their usual inter-city fighting to form various leagues to either repel or aid the Persians.

4. This resistance eventually persuaded the Persians to cease trying and leave the Greek cities to go back to their usuan fighting amongst themselves which culminated in the devastating Peloponnesian War, which so weakened them that it opened the way for the rise of Macedonia.

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