Download The Persian War

The Greco-Persian
War
5 W’s of the Persian War
Who, What, when, where, why
Persian Empire
O Established in 6th
Century BCE by
Cyrus the Great.
O From India to Asia
Minor
O Controlled the Ionian
City-states
It all started with the….
Ionian Revolt- 499 B.C.E.
O Greek city-states
located in Ionia
O Darius II raised taxes
on the city-states
O Ionians revolted
O Athens backed up
Ionians
O Made Persians mad
O Persians crushed
revolution
Battle of Marathon- 490 BCE
O First invasion from
Persians on Greek
Mainland
O Darius sent 200
ships and 20,000
soldiers to Marathon
O Sparta did not come
to the aid of Athens
Battle of Marathon
25,000 Persians
vs.
10,000 Athenians
O Miltiades
O Athenian General
O Losses:
6,400 Persians
192 Greeks
O Greece won!!!
O Pheidippides
O Ran to Athens from
Marathon = 26 miles
Battle of Thermopylae- 480
BCE
O Xerses- son of Darius
O Invaded Greece with
100,000-300,000
troops
O Sparta and Athens work
together
O King Leonidas-Sparta
O Led 300 troops to fight
at Thermopylae
O 2 days
O Spartans lost
O Weakened Persian
army
Battle of Salamis-480
O Athens flees to Salamis
O Xerxes burns down Athens
O Xerxes does not want to use
navy
O
Ordered by government to do
so
O Greeks lured the Persians
into channel.
O Greeks have lighter, better
ships.
O Losses:
200 Persian ships
40 Greek Ships
O Greeks win!!!
The Persians Retreat
Battle of Plataea- 479
O The rest of the
Persian army was
defeated by the
Spartans at Plataea.
O The rest of the
Persian fleet was
caught beached on
shores of Asia Minor
and destroyed by the
Spartans.
The End of the War
O Greece is united
O Formation of the Delian
League
O Remaining city-states
would help each other
O Athens leader of league

Pericles
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Led Athens to a golden
age.
Golden Age- Period of
massive cultural and
intellectual achievement.