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Chapter 1: The Rise of Greek
Civilization
Section 7: The Persian Wars
By Dallin Hardy
The Ionian Rebellion
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Ionian Greeks
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Asia Minor
Conquered by
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Persians
Sought independence
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Darius I
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Reigned 522-486 B.C.
Ruler of Persia
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Ionian Rebellion
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499 B.C.
Against Persian rule
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“These ships were the
beginning of mischief
both to the Greeks and
to the barbarians”
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Herodotus
The War in Greece
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Persian Wars
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499-479 B.C.
Greeks vs. Persians
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First Persian Invasion
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492 B.C.
Subjugated
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Thrace
Persian fleet
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Destroyed
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Second Persian Invasion
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490 B.C.
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Battle of Marathon
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490 B.C.
Plain of Marathon
Athenians vs. Persians
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Results
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Athenian victory
Preserved
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Western Civilization
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Marathon Run Version #1
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Pheidippides
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Ran from Marathon to
Athens
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26.2 Miles
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Marathon Run Version #2
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Pheidippides
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Ran from Marathon to Sparta
to ask for help
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140 Miles
2 Days
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Xerxes
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Reigned 485-465 B.C.
Succeeded
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Darius I
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Greek League
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Greek city-states
Resist
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Persian invasion
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Third Persian Invasion
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480 B.C.
Led by
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Xerxes
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Battle of Thermopylae
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480 B.C.
Greeks vs. Persians
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300 Spartans
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Led by
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King Leonidas
Defended
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Thermopylae
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“They defended
themselves to the last,
such as still had
swords using them,
and the others
resisting with their
hands and teeth; till
the barbarians. . .
Overwhelmed them
and buried the
remnant that was
beneath showers of
missile weapons.”
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Herodotus
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Results
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Persian Victory
Casualties
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Sparta
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King Leonidas
300 Spartans
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Burning of Athens
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480 B.C.
By the Persians
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Battle of Salamis
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480 B.C.
Greeks vs. Persians
Results
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Athenian victory
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Themistocles
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Athenian
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General
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Trireme
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5th & 4th centuries B.C.
Dominated
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Naval warfare
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Battle of Plataea
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479 B.C.
Last major battle of the
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Persian Wars
Greek Alliance vs. Persia
Results
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Greek victory
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Results of the Persian Wars
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Greek victory
Saved
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Western Civilization