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