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The Persian Wars
The Persian Wars Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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an open-plain near the ocean where a runner dropped dead to report the Greeks victory against the Persian army | Marathon |
a giant empire that rules over Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and parts of India and Europe | Persia |
the city-state who agreed to help fight against the Persian army for Ionia | Athens |
the king of Sparta who was slaughtered in the battle of Thermopylae | Leonidas |
the king of Persia | Xerxes |
the Athenian politician the lead the Athenian navy and leader of the battle of Thermopylae and Salamis | Themistocles |
the elite soliders of the persian army | The Immortals |
Greek foot soliders | hoplites |
war ships with three rows of oarsmen | triremes |
a peninsula between the Aegean Sea, Black Sea, and the Mediterranean , and location of modern-day Turkey | Asia Minor |
the last official battle of the Persian wars | Plataea |
the battle where Themistocles trick the Persians to go to an island off the coast of Athens | Salamis |
the second battle of the persian war | Thermopylae |
The Battle between Athens and Persia in Ionia of the Asia Minor, Athens causes massive damage which causes Darius mad! | Ionian Revolt |