What prompted Darius I to lead a Persian invasion of Greece?
Themistocles trapped and destroyed the Persian navy at Salamis.
Dozens of Spartans fought the entire Persian army at Thermopylae.
Persia supported Sparta against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars.
Athens supported a revolt of Ionian Greeks against the Persian governor.
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The invasion, consisting of two distinct campaigns, was ordered by the Persian king Darius the Great primarily in order to punish the city-states of Athens and Eretria. These cities had supported the cities of Ionia during their revolt against Persian rule, thus incurring the wrath of Darius.
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The answer is D: Athens supported the Ionian revolt against Persia
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