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JRA Persian Wars
Persian Wars Vocabulary + Flow Chart
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -Largest empire in the time of the Persian Wars -Monarchy -Ruled over Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and parts of India and Europe | Persia |
| -Peninsula -Between Black Sea, Aegean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea -Western most part of Asia -Modern-day Turkey | Asia Minor |
| -In Asia Minor -Along Aegean Sea coast -Many Greek colonies there | Ionia |
| -Open plain near ocean -Athenians beat the first Persian attack on Greece -Runner ran 26 miles from here to Athens to tell about the victory and dropped dead; this is where we got the tradition of the 26-mile run -490 B.C. -Spartans would not help | Marathon |
| -Mountain pass -Battle in Persian Wars -Leonidas + Spartans he led were slaughtered after they were surrounded -480 B.C. -Xerxes killed Leonidas + burned down Athens | Thermopylae |
| -Island off coast of Athens -Battle in Persian Wars -Themistocles tricked Persians into going into narrow channel -Sank 200 of the Persian ships -200=half of ships | Salamis |
| -Last battle in Persian wars -Greeks defeated last of Persian army -Sparta + Athens -Xeres fled | Plataea |
| -War ships -Three rows of oarsmen | triremes |
| Greek foot soldiers | hoplites |
| Elite Persian soldiers | "The Immortals" |
| King of Persia | Xerxes |
| -Spartan king -Led Spartans at Thermopylae | Leonidas |
| -Athenian politician -Lead navy battles at Thermopylae and Salamis | Themistocles |
| -The cause of the Persian Wars -Persia took over Ionia in Asia Minor -Athens won the Ionians freedom and made Persia mad | Ionian Revolt |
| -Alliance of many city-state including Athens, but not Sparta -Made to protect against future attacks -Athens used money to rebuild city | Delian League |
| -50 years of prosperity in Athens -Happened when Athens rebuilt city usig Delian League money | Golden Age |