Persian Wars Vocabulary + Flow Chart
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| -Largest empire in the time of the Persian Wars -Monarchy -Ruled over Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and parts of India and Europe | Persia
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| -Peninsula -Between Black Sea, Aegean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea -Western most part of Asia -Modern-day Turkey | Asia Minor
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| -In Asia Minor -Along Aegean Sea coast -Many Greek colonies there | Ionia
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| -Open plain near ocean -Athenians beat the first Persian attack on Greece -Runner ran 26 miles from here to Athens to tell about the victory and dropped dead; this is where we got the tradition of the 26-mile run -490 B.C. -Spartans would not help | Marathon
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| -Mountain pass -Battle in Persian Wars -Leonidas + Spartans he led were slaughtered after they were surrounded -480 B.C. -Xerxes killed Leonidas + burned down Athens | Thermopylae
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| -Island off coast of Athens -Battle in Persian Wars -Themistocles tricked Persians into going into narrow channel -Sank 200 of the Persian ships -200=half of ships | Salamis
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| -Last battle in Persian wars -Greeks defeated last of Persian army -Sparta + Athens -Xeres fled | Plataea
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| -War ships -Three rows of oarsmen | triremes
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| Greek foot soldiers | hoplites
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| Elite Persian soldiers | "The Immortals"
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| King of Persia | Xerxes
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| -Spartan king -Led Spartans at Thermopylae | Leonidas
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| -Athenian politician -Lead navy battles at Thermopylae and Salamis | Themistocles
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| -The cause of the Persian Wars -Persia took over Ionia in Asia Minor -Athens won the Ionians freedom and made Persia mad | Ionian Revolt
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| -Alliance of many city-state including Athens, but not Sparta -Made to protect against future attacks -Athens used money to rebuild city | Delian League
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| -50 years of prosperity in Athens -Happened when Athens rebuilt city usig Delian League money | Golden Age
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