Battle Of Thermopylae Dbq Analysis

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I believe that there were about 260,000-300,000 Persian men in the Battle of Thermopylae. Document A states that there were around 2,000,000 men. However, this evidence doesn’t provide the logical answer. A small pass would not be able to supply enough water, food, and space for 2,000,000 men. Matthews’ evidence in Document D provides an obvious factor that the other documents failed to bring up. The environment couldn’t possibly have supported over 400,000 men let alone 2 million. In Document A Herodotus broke down all the parts of the Persian military involved in the entire war, while we’re just looking for the small battle which was a fraction of the military. Secondly, Herodotus provides no sturdy evidence to support his claim.

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