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Name: _____________________________ Date: ________________________ Section: _____________________ 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.