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In 499 BCE, the tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras, launched an attempt to conquer Naxos to bolster his position. But the mission failed, and Aristagoras feared he would be removed as tyrant. So he incited the Ionians to rebel against the Achaemenid Empire. This started a chain of events that led to the Greco-Persian Wars.

Let us suppose that the mission had been a success and so there was no revolt. What would change?
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