greek time line

the war began after the abduction of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Trojan prince Paris. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1242&bih=565&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=XrRwWqq0DtDWzgKCxbCgCw&q=trojan+horse&oq=trojan+ho&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0l7.6901.10598.0.11821.7.5.2.0.0.0.183.659.1j4.5.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.7.671....0.GwAqNE29nGw&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=A-GY2mD7buqUKM:

rich fertile plains of Messenia is what Sparta wanted to conquer. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=Spartan+conquest+of+Messiah+Civilization&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv39yQpIDZAhUQvFMKHXs5ANAQBQg6KAA&biw=1242&bih=565&dpr=1.1&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=yRWDrX2yD_E5-M:

King of Persia, decided he wanted to conquer the Greeks https://www.google.com/search?biw=1242&bih=565&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=97RwWtfQFMOxzwLkvq5Q&q=1st+Persian+War+%28Darius%29+Battle+of+Marathon&oq=1st+Persian+War+%28Darius%29+Battle+of+Marathon&gs_l=psy-ab.3...46500.46500.0.47819.1.1.0.0.0.0.121.121.0j1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.WRG3CBdLhjI&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=uQLEyCixrdv5oM:

son of Darius I, King Xerxes, decided to get his revenge on the Greeks. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1242&bih=565&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=KLVwWsvECIv4zgLevbDADA&q=+2nd+Persian+War+%28Xerxes%29+Battles+of+Thermopylae%2C+Salamis%2C+Plataea&oq=+2nd+Persian+War+%28Xerxes%29+Battles+of+Thermopylae%2C+Salamis%2C+Plataea&gs_l=psy-ab.3...116962.116962.0.119769.1.1.0.0.0.0.86.86.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.zJDOpbE3hMI&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=_F1bjJs77tfTPM:

The war broke out because of Spartan fear of the rising power of Athens https://www.google.com/search?q=peloponnesian+war+2nd+athens+vs+sparta&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihpMOUsIDZAhXGSN8KHZqlCbgQ_AUICigB&biw=1242&bih=565&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=r7b4CWHMTM17vM:

Alexander wanted to conqure every one and that caused the war. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1242&bih=565&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ZsFwWqXaB4T0zgKt3Z24Cg&q=Alexander+the+Great+-+conquest+of+Egypt%2FPersia&oq=Alexander+the+Great+-+conquest+of+Egypt%2FPersia&gs_l=psy-ab.3...133447.136353.0.137913.3.3.0.0.0.0.137.358.0j3.3.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.OSifJKXprG0&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=ReWY89MAURNeBM: