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Greek Wars
Persian Immortals
Persian Wars
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Fought between
Greece and Persian
Empire
Persians take over
Ionian part of Greek
territory, the colonists
rebel and Athens
sends help
Darius invades Athens
to punish them
Military
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Greeks used
phalanx
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Military
formation
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most
powerful
could fight
as a unit
Phalanx
Battle of Marathon
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Persians vow to
destroy Athens
Greeks use
Phalanx to beat
Persians (Spartans
are nowhere to be
found)
Persians retreat
NIKE!!!
Battle of Thermopylae
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Xerxes (Darius’
son) tries to
destroy Greece
with his
“Immortals”
Come to narrow
pass with 7,000
Greek soldiers and
300 Spartans
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Battle of Thermopylae
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Fought for days, until a traitor told Persians
about secret path around cliffs
Spartans held pass while other Greeks
retreated
Athens moved to an island just off the coast
to prepare for battle and the Persians
burned the city down
Persian Wars
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Persians were then defeated at sea
(Xerxes watched from a hill sitting on a
golden throne while his army fell)
Athens becomes the leader of the
Delian League- a group of 140 citystates against Persia (own the sea)
Sparta does NOT join (they form their
own league-own the land)
Peloponnesian War
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Athens vs. Sparta
Athens-greater sea
power
Sparta-greater army
Peloponnesian War
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Pericles- great hero and Athenian
leader- wanted to avoid land battles
with Sparta so came up with an idea…
Walls of Athens
Peloponnesian War
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Spartans march
through Athenian
territory burning
their food supplies
Athenians bring
everyone in and
close the doors to
the city walls
Reasons for the Downfall of
Greece
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Plague hits Athens
during Peloponnesian
War, Pericles dies
Peloponnesian War
weakens Greece (27
year war)
Macedonia becomes
looming threat to the
north