arguably better fighters on the sea, but had variety of languages caused them to have terrible communication Herodotus made list of ships, but these are thought to be fake 500-1,000 Persian ships Greek ships Commanded by Eurybiades Themistocles/Adeimantus were others Themistocles - very experienced in naval Around 400 ships - Persians had many more ships Some ships from Ionia joined the Greeks Persians tried to surprise attack at night - not too successful, loud sounds made by the rowing Greeks…
Thermopylae and so they withdrew to Salamis. As the Persians continue to take on Greece, the Persians had reached Athens city and destroyed it and burnt it down to the ground. If Themistocles had not evacuated the city, it would have been a terrible outcome. It is now up to the Athens navy to defect the Persians by having Themistocles go against the battle into the sea where they had the better…
Outline the reasons why the Greek city states defeated the Persian empire during the Persian wars Introduction Outline the reasons why the Greek city states defeated the Persian empire during the Persian wars. The Greece war between Persia, also known as the Greco - Persian wars lasted for around 50 years. It was a series of wars and conflicts that started in 499 BC and ended in 449 BC. Paragraph 1 The Greeks had many battle strategies that they used to beat the Persians and one of…
use of the navy they created with the money from the treasury. The islands and city-states across sent money to the League's treasury on the island of Delos. The league also had the right to one vote each, but the Athenian votes were worth more. Themistocles was the executive charge until he is banished in 472 B.C. The line of succession moves on and Cimon is now elected and very popular for years but is then ousted in 461 B.C. and that is where the friendship between Athens and Sparta comes to…
There is a difference between religion and mythology. Religion is a set of practices based on the belief of non-human beings monitoring actions and myths are stories that matter within a specific community or communities. There are two kinds of religion, evolutionary and revealed. The Greeks had an evolutionary religion where the totality of things were feared by a social group and had no specific origin. Myth can be divided into three categories, the first being divine, which explains the…
The day has finally come! The war is officially over. After 43 years of hard work and dedication, we have defeated the Persians. For some of you that don’t know what has been going on, let me paint a picture of what has happened during this time. In 490 BC the Persian war started. After the Ionians won the Ionian War against the Persians (with lots of help from the Greeks) in 499 BC, the Persians and their King Darius wanted to conquer Greece more than anything. The Persians also wanted to…
The Civilization of the Greeks The first civilization was founded on a large island of Crete. A mountainous peninsula about 45,000 square miles was occupied by the Greeks. Arthur Evans, an English archaeologist, named this civilization Minoan Crete after the legendary king Minos. They had little to no influence from other people because they were so isolated. Around 1450 B.C.E., a catastrophe struck the Minoan civilization that resulted in collapse. It is still uncertain of what the catastrophe…
the Mediterranean. The Greeks remained in a battle of power with the Persian Empire. During their battles with the Persians is when the biggest achievements arose that permanently affect Western civilization. During the battles with the Persians, Themistocles told the Athenians to use the discovered silver to build a new Navy which ended up employing the thetes as rowers who were too poor to serve in the army, and they paid them to do so. This created more jobs and spread more wealth. It also…
Once humans began using waterways for trade and travel, waterways also became places where pirates would plunder goods or people. This in turn caused early nations to develop navies to protect their interests on the waterways. This reading reflects the beginning of naval technology, military leaders and their strategies, methods of war, and reasons for early navies going to war. In times of old generally the nation with the largest and most powerful navy also had the most influence…
Eleutheria: Freedom “Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.” Western Civilization’s basic social norms and values traced back to Ancient Greece, were ultimately threatened by the overwhelming numbers and wrath of the Persian army. The Persians were distinctly divergent from the Ancient Greeks in the sense that their culture did not agree with the concepts of Western Civilization. An interesting fact talked about by…