Which is the most important lesson that can be learned from the Persian Wars?

A. The Athens alone could have beaten Persia.

B. That Persia was too powerful to ever defeat.

C. That the Greek city-states should stay independent at all times.

D. That a unified Greece could beat a larger army.

The most important lesson learnt from the Persian Wars was a unified Greece could beat a larger army.

Answer: D

Explanation:

The Persian wars refers to the disharmony occurred between Persia and Greece in 5th Century BCE. The Persian kingdom wanted to rule on Athens and rest of Greece. So they sent voyages of large number of armies to capture Greece and Athens.

But Greece combined with Athens and Sparta and they defeated Persian ruler in the most famous battles during the Persian Wars period. The hoplites and the bronze wall safeguarded Greece army of about 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers with 2 million soldiers of Persia.

The Persian tried to capture Greece by sending voyages nearly 5 times leading to wars at Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea. But every time the unity of Greece lead to the defeat of powerful Persia kingdom and safeguarded the Greece culture and civilization for the western continent.

D. That a unified greece could beat a larger army. Greece fighting together can overcome a larger army. Greece combined had spartans who were excellent fighters and athens had excellent strategists.