THE PERSIAN WAR!!!
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THE PERSIAN WAR!!!
Chapter 4 Sec.3
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Turmoil…
• In 500 BC Persians took over many Greek cities in Asia Minor
• ___________ sends help to rebel failed
• Darius Response -
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Belief
• Persians believed they would easily conquer the small area of Greece
• The battle ahead seemed like the least of their concerns
THEY FORGOT ABOUT the _______________
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Battle of Marathon
• 490 BC – 20,000 Persians landed on the plain of Marathon – Short distance from __________– Baited them – 10,000 soldiers
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• Athenians held back overlooking the plain • Persians change their plan of attack • Order of boarding the ship - _____________• BIG, HUGE MISTAKE!!!!• CHARGE
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Legend
• Athenians sent Pheidippides home with news – raced 25 miles from Marathon to Athens
• Last words were “Victory”
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Movie Notes
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“Xerx the Jerk”• Son of Darius – 486 BC • REVENGE IT WAS 180,000 TROOPS • Had slaves carry him on a golden thrown to
overlook the total destruction of the Greeks
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Greeks Prepare
• Spartans send all warriors, Athens sends it Navy
• PLAN under Athenian General Themistocles – – Thermopylae
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Battle at Thermopylae
• Greeks were able to stall the Persians for roughly two days
• A traitor told Persians to use a mountain pass to get around them and attack from the back
• Greeks lost this battle, but gave Athenians time to assemble in the water
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Movie Notes
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Battle of Salamis
• Strait narrow strip again Greek advantage – Why?
• Threw burning wood onto ships to destroy them
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Movie Notes
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• Persians burned the city of Athens when they reached on foot
• 479 BC – created ______________ = largest Greek army to crush Persian army in Plataea
Persians retreated to Asia Minor
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Fall of the Persian Empire
• Remained for 150 more years, but internal problems – Taxes – Fight over King – By 330 BC - __________________ was no match
for the failing empire – last Persian king died