The Persian Wars

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The Persian Wars

• The Classical Period

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Expansion of the Persian Empire

• This is a picture of the Persian capital,
  Persepolis.

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The Ionian Revolt

• This is a relief of the Persian king Darius I.
• Subjects had to pay annual tribute to the king
• The Ionians revolted against Darius.
• Many Greek City-States aided the Ionians with
  supplies.
• Darius decided the Greeks needed to pay for their
  acts of war.

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The Battle of Marathon

• This is the Battle of Marathon.
• Darius brought the might of the huge Persian
  Empire to take over all of Greece
• The Greeks are in Red and the Persians in blue.
• The Greek leader Miltades learned the Persians
  had sent their cavalry ahead to Athens.

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Persians Defeated

• The Persians were defeated at Marathon and forced
  to turn around and go back to Persia.
• A runner ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to
  spread the news, Nike! which means victory!

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Return of the Persians

• Darius passes away before he can complete raising
  the Persian Army to attack Greece again.
• His son, Xerxes, picked up where his father left
  off. He was raised to defeat the Greeks.
• Athens and Sparta again worked together Athens
  led the Navy and Sparta the army.

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The Battle of Thermopylae

• This is a drawing of the Battle of Thermopylae.
• The Persians are not in ranks and the Greeks are
  in the Phalanx formation.
• The Spartan led army stands its ground until it
  is eventually defeated.

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The Battle of Salamis

• The is the naval battle of Salamis.
• The Athenian led navy defeats the Persian Navy.

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