Seapower and Western World

Part 2The Battle of SalamisSeptember 480 (BCE)

World Map

Persian Empire

World Map

Greece & Aegean Sea

Peloponnesus Includes Sparta and

Corinth

•Phocaea

Attica and Island of Euboea Includes Athens,

Eritrea and Aegina

•Phocaea

•Phocaea

IoniaPhocaea to Miletus;

Samos and Chios

499 BCE - Ionian Greeks Revolt Against Persia

Darius I or Darius the GreatEmperor of Persia

550 – 486 BCE

540 BCE - Ionian Greeks Fall Under Domination of

Persian Empire

Cyrus IIor Cyrus the GreatEmperor of Persia

600 – 530 BCE

•Phocaea

490 BCE – Darius Launches Punitive

Expedition Against Eritrea and Athens

Darius I or Darius the GreatEmperor of Persia

550 – 486 BCE

•Phocaea

Battle of Marathon

Miltiades the Younger550 – 489 BCEGeneral at the

Battle of Marathon

•Phocaea

Darius I or Darius the GreatEmperor of Persia

550 – 486 BCEEnd of Round

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•Phocaea•Phocaea

Xerxes I or Xerxes the GreatEmperor of Persia

519 – 465 BCE

•Phocaea

Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE

Athenian Politician and General

•Phocaea

•Phocaea

Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE

Athenian Politician and General

Impact of Salamis

• Decisive battle defeating Persian invasion• Dawn of Greek Golden Age: Philosophy,

Science, Art, Poetry, etc.• Foundation for future western civilization:– Greece , Rome, Christianity, Medieval Europe,

Renaissance, European Colonization of North & South America, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, etc. , etc.