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16 Cards in this Set
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What are Persian city-states called?
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Satraps
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Who is responsible for making Persia a great empire?
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King Cyrus the Great
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What battle started the "Persian Wars"?
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The Battle of Marathon
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What is the successor of King Cyrus the Great?
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King Darius.
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Where did King Darius try to invade?
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Greece.
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In what battle were the Persians (Under king Xerxes) finally defeated by the Greeks?
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The Battle of Thermopylae.
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What is an alliance?
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When a group of people come together and make an agreement to help and protect each other.
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What did King Cyrus build that connected all the major cities in his empire?
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The Royal Road
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What new religion did King Darius spread?
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Zoroastrianism.
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What was the Peloponnesian War?
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When Athens and its empire fought against The Peloponnesian League which was led by Sparta.
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What is the Delian League?
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The alliance the Greek city states made after the war vs the Persians.
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What is the Peloponnesian League?
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A group that the Spartans made with the city states around and in Peloponnese.
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Who won the Peloponnesian war?
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Sparta
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What was Sparta all about?
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War, and physical training.
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What was Athens all about?
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Physical training, and education.
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What is the name of King Cyrus' son that would later become the King of Persia?
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Xerxes
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