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invasionof 490 BCE
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•Marathon(site of great Athenian / Plataean victory against the invading Persians)26 miles from Athens
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Thermopylae
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whereSpartans and other Greeks resisted the Persians (480 BCE)
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PeloponnesianWar
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(431-404BCE)
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history
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ME histoire < OFr. < Lat. historia < Gk. historia < historein, to inquire. [Etymologically, history = inquiry.]
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story |
ME storie < OFr. estorie, estoire < Lat. historia < Gk. historia.
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Annals
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a narrative of events written year by year |
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chronicle |
a detailed and continuous register of events in order of time |
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γράφω
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write
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χρόνος
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time
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