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Self-explanatory title. Either the Achaemenid Empire never forms or fails to reach the Aegean Sea.
What happens?
Was the disunity of the greek city-states inevitable, or was it a byproduct of persian puppeteering?
What happens to the Lydian Empire? Could it end up becoming a substitute for the achaemenids in Anatolia face the geeks? Or were its kings mostly uninterested in Greece?
What happens to the macedonians?
And what about greek culture? Politics? Colonies?