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Why did the Persians attack the Greeks at the battle of marathon?

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The Battle of Marathon was fought because the Persian Army wanted to defeat the Greek city-states that supported the uprisings in Ionia, part of modern-day Turkey, against the Persian Empire.

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Because the Greeks had been supporting the uprisings in Ionia

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