is there any way a mesopotamian based power could have taken over Anatolia and menaced Greece like Persia did?
The Assyrians would have to conquer through Lydian Empire to get to Greece. But an Assyrian invasion of Greece would have been interesting; important figures like Solon were alive at the time and the polis system was in the process of evolving. Greece was definitely out of its Dark Ages by this point, this was the "Orientalizing" period of Greek history.Between the two, the Assyrians seemed to be more badass, and had a more extensive empire than the Chaldeans. Were the Greeks still in their dark ages at the height of Assyrian power.
Would Greece have anything interesting to loot or steal at that time? Were there Greek cities on the Ionian coast yet to entangle the situations of Europe and Asia?
Between the two, the Assyrians seemed to be more badass, and had a more extensive empire than the Chaldeans. Were the Greeks still in their dark ages at the height of Assyrian power.
Would Greece have anything interesting to loot or steal at that time? Were there Greek cities on the Ionian coast yet to entangle the situations of Europe and Asia?