### q3 Persians conquered many Greek city-states > Ancient Greece was not a unified political entity. Instead a huge variety of city states operated independently, not just in modern Greece, but around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. The Persians outright conquered many of these cities well before invading the Greek mainland, most notably the Greeks along the coasts of modern Turkey and the coast of Libya - [[Persian Accounts of the Greek Wars#q3 Persians conquered many Greek city-states|View in Vault]]