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How in the world did we
defeat the Persian Empire?!
Ch.. 28
Fighting the
Persian Wars
28.2 Ionian Revolt
1. Why did the Ionians revolt?
• Persian took their farmland and harbors
• Forced to pay tribute (tax) and serve in the army
2. What happened?
• Persians destroyed the city-state of Miletus
• May have sold Ionians to slavery; punished the Ionians.
• Athenians left the Ionians to
fight for themselves. Ionians
lost to the Persians.
28.3 Battle of Marathon
1. What happened?
• Athenian soldiers defeated
the Persians.
• Sparta didn’t send troops
because they were
celebrating a religious
festival. “We’ll help you
after the next full moon!”
2. Why important?
• Showed the Persian army
could be defeated
28.4 Thermopylae
1. How were the Spartans able to hold
the Persians off?
• Controlled the narrow pass
2. How were Persians able to defeat
Spartans?
• Secret mountain pass
• Attack from front and rear
3. Why did the Spartans refuse to
escape?
• To delay the Persians
28.5 Battle of Salamis
1. Why did the Athenians sail away in panic?
• Heard about Spartan’s defeat at Thermopylae
• Persians would soon destroy Athens
2. How were the Greeks able to defeat the Persian fleet?
• Themistocles tricked Persians into a narrow
channel
• Large Persian ships had trouble moving
28.6 & 7 Battle of Plataea
1. What happened at the Battle of Plataea?
• Greeks defeated the Persian army that Xerxes
had left behind.
2. Why were the Persian wars important?
• Preserved Greek independence
• Prevented Persia from conquering all of Europe
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