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Ancient World Civ
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7.29 Analyze the causes,
course, and consequences
of the Persian Wars,
including the origins of
marathons
Questions/Main Ideas:
Causes
Expanding Persian Empire
Or
Essential Question:
Xerxes the Great controlled _Asia Minor_ and
sacked Greek Colonies in _Aegean_
Historical Argument:; Was it expansion or revenge?
Revenge
A threat to Greek
independence.
Herodotus
First _historian_, researched the history of
_Persian_Wars
Democracy Decides
Athenians vote to go to war against Athens.
Background
Most city-states _fought each other
-_Persians_ were a _common_ threat and enemy
prompting them to work together
Greeks raised an Army of 10,000 Hoplites, citizens
that could afford sword and heavy armor.
Hoplites
Battle of Marathon
Persians led ______________ soldiers against Athens
10,000 at _Marathon (North of Athens)
-Athens organized in _phalanx_(tightly packed
soldiers with long spears) and withstood_ the
invasion, but Athens was left _undefended_
Marathon to Athens
Pheidippides
Second Invasion
26 miles. Pheidippides ran to Athens_ to tell of the
_victory_ and have the Athenians _defend the city.
140 miles in two days to Sparta to ask for help.
_Xerxes_ (Darius successor) was determined to
take _Athens_.
-established and enormous_army_ of various
Perians, ________, Ethiopians, and ________.
-Greek city states were not unified_
Greeks killed 6,000 Persians in one day.
Spartans led by famed king Leonidas
Thermopylae
The Famous Last Stand!
_________ Greeks including _300_ Spartans held off
the massive army through a _mountain_ pass.
Eventually they _sacrifice_ their lives to save
Greece and to _protect_ Athens
War at Sea
310 Greek _ships_ defeat a massive Persian Navy at
_Salamis_
-The Greeks outmaneuver and destroy___ the
great Persian fleet
Consequences
Athens was _destroyed_ but claimed glorious
__victory_.
-The __Delian_ League was formed, as an _alliance_
of Greek City states to protect themselves
_against_ the Persians.
Athenian empire
-140 city states joined and were forced to pay
Athens__tribute_. This led to a period of wealth
and _prosperity_ for Athens which inspired their
_golden_ age.
Summary: