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492-479 BCE |
Date |
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growth of Persian Empire in Asia Minor and islands in Aegean Sea |
Origins |
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stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley |
Extent |
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Persian conquest of Greek cities in Ionia |
Impact |
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Ionia |
Western part of Turkey |
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fear of Persian expansion |
Greek reaction |
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500 BCE |
Date of revolt of Greek cities in Ionia against Persian rule |
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Darius of Persia |
invades Greece in 492 BCE |
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expansion of Persian Empire in central Greece and the Danube region |
Darius: purpose |
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assembles a huge army and navy against Greece |
Darius: 492 BCE |
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Militiades; Marathon |
492 BCE: Greece under _____ defeats the Persian Army in _____ |
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Pheidippides; 26; Nike |
Marathon: Greeks send ________ to Athens (__ miles away) to bring news of victory; upon reaching Athens he cried “____” then died of exhaustion |
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Xerxes of Persia |
invades Greece in 480 BCe |
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Battle of Thermopylae |
Persian Army attack a small force of Spartans |
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Leonidas |
Spartan Army led by ________ bravely defend Thermopylae but were defeated when a Greek traitor showed the Persians a way to surround the Spartans |
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Battle of Salamis |
Greeks defeat the Persians |
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Athens |
Xerxes burns _____ in 480 |
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479 BCE |
Xerxes orders the Persian army and navy to retreat - date |
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Athens |
navy with small ships that were easy to maneuver |
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Sparta |
army of great warriors |
