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Seventh Grade Social Studies
Rice / LaBrache
The Persian Wars:
A Chart for Understanding
Directions:
Below you will find a chart to help you organize your thoughts about the Persian Wars. Fill in the missing parts
to help you study. The first one has been done for you. You do not need to use complete sentences.
War
Name
Date:
1st
490
Battle B.C.
Leader
Persia: Darius I
Location
Marathon
Athens: Miltiades
Persia:
Xerxes
2nd 480
Battle B.C.
Athens:
Themistocles
Thermopylae: a
city-state near a
narrow
mountain pass
Sparta:
King Leonidas
rd
3
480
Battle B.C. Persia: Xerxes
th
Persia: Xerxes
4
479
Battle B.C.
Sparta: Pausanias
Salamis: in a
cove off the
southwest coast
of Athens
Plataea: a citystate that has
been allied with
Athens from the
start
Purpose
Persian tried to sneak
up on Athens (to burn
it) through Marathon
1) Persians try to sneak
up on Athens again to
destroy the city
2) Sparta fights with
Athens to prevent
Persians from
spreading further
through Greece
1) Persian trying to
finish off Athens for
the last time
2) Athenian fleet tricks
and traps Persian navy
to get them to go home
Outcome
“Greece” wins:
Athens get help from
city-states (not Sparta)
to push Darius out of
Greece
Persia wins: Greek
traitor shows Persians a
secret way around back
of Greeks. 300
Spartans stay behind to
hold off Persians and
Athens runs to evacuate
their city.
Athens Burns: Xerxes
travels to Athens and
torches the whole citystate
Greece (Athens) wins:
The superior navy of
Athens destroys about
200 Persian ships and
wins one of the most
significant naval battles
in history of world
Greece (Sparta) wins:
A worn down Persian
army is no match for
the Spartan land forces
Persia’s last attempt at
beating the Greeks on
their land.