The great Iran-Greece wars took place after Cyrus, but its foundation was laid during the Cyrus period. What caused the enmity between Iran and Greece was intense economic competition in a region that used to have different names and is now called the Mediterranean..
yet still 6 A whole year had not passed since the western border of Iran reached the Mediterranean coast ((Ploy Sen.)) The writer from Athens said that Iran has greatly damaged our trade, and if this trend continues, our trade will be lost, and if we want to maintain our trade in the sea that extends from the Black Sea to the entrance of the Atlantic Ocean, we must have a strong naval force. let's bring.
This saying that in 25 What was said a century before this is similar to what was said half a century ago and they said that any government that wants to rule the sea must have a strong navy..
As long as Cyrus was there, the Greeks could not build a strong navy, and they began to do so after Cyrus's death and the beginning of the reign of Cambyses..
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The reason why the Greeks could not create a strong naval force during the reign of Cyrus was that Cyrus He made an agreement with the Greeks that the Greeks do not have the right to build ships with a capacity of more than 70 Cyrus knew the ships whose capacity is 70 The barrel does not invade, it is not a strong warship and it cannot fight with sea waves and it mostly moves along the coasts..
The limitation of the capacity of the Greek warships not only weakened the navy of the Greek lands but was also offensive to the Greeks..
Until that day, the Greeks had been condemned by the Asians, and after they were forced to accept Cyrus the Achaemenid's condition, they fell into an inferiority complex and had a grudge against the Iranians. Cambodia is his place King became.
