Part a: which of the following best describes the text’s central ideas? a the persians were justified in their invasion of greece, having tried to make peace with them only to have their diplomats killed. b the battle of thermopylae, as well as the rest of the persian wars, was not as climatic as legend and popular culture would have people believe. c winning the persian wars sparked a new wave of art, literature, and culture that would influence the western world for centuries. d the loss against the smaller collection of greek city-states was one of the major contributing factors of the downfall of the persian empire.