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THE PERSIAN WARS: PART I
I. 546 B.C. Cyrus II of Persia conquers _________ (Greek city state).
a. Ionians disliked their conquerors.
-Thought they were ________________________.
b. 499 Ionians revolted against the Persians
-_______________ sends some warships to help
c. ________________ of Persia defeats Ionian.
-decides to punish the mainland Greeks for helping the rebels
II. First Attempt by Darius
a. 1st tried to send ships near the Northern coast of the Aegean Sea
-_______________ destroyed his supply ships
b. ______ years later he tried again.
III. Second Attempt by Darius
a. Sent fleet of ships directly across the Aegean this time to ________
-__________ miles north of Athens.
b. Athenians were outnumbered 20,000 to _____________
c. Persians decided to load up their ships and directly attack ________
IV. Athens Strikes 1st
a. Athenian general ordered well-trained foot soldiers to attack the Persians
- Athens had the advantage attacked from ___________
b. Persians standing in shallow water near boats
-Didn’t think they would attack without cavalry & archers
c. Persians suffered a terrible _____________.
-Persians lost 6, 400 men while the Athenians lost ______ men.
-Retreated to Asia Minor, but returned _______years later.
V. Marathon
a. A messenger-Pheidippides carried news of victory at Marathon
back to Athens. Delivered the message then ___________.
THE PERSIAN WARS: PART II
I. Persians 3rd Attempt
a. 480 Darius’s son and successor ____________, invaded Greece
from the North.
-had 200,000 men & offshore supply ships to accompany them.
b. This time Greeks under the leadership of _______ prepared to fight.
II. Athenian General _________________
a. Thought that the Greeks would defeat the Persians by challenging
them @sea.
-To do this, they needed some time to build the ships, and
__________ the Persians
III. Thermopylae- a mountain pass North of Athens
a. 7,000 Greeks led by King ______________ of Sparta fought the
Persians for 3 days.
b. Greek traitor showed Persians a way to attack Greeks from the rear.
IV. Leonidas Decision
a. He knew he was about to be surrounded, so he sent most of his
troops away to fight another day.
-All, but _________ Spartans remained.
-“Never surrender on the battlefield”.
b. All men died, but it gave Themistocles ______ to carry out his plan
V. Salamis- a narrow body of water between Athens & the island of ______.
a. Themistocles drew the Persian fleet into this small area.
-Thinking that the heavy Persian ships would crowd together
and make easy targets for the lighter, __________ Greek ships.
b. Success- the outnumbered ships of the Greek Navy _____________
almost the entire Persian fleet.
-The remaining Persians retreated to Persia for good!