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Persian and Greek cartoon

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  • Slide: 1
  • The Ionians requested help from the Athenians but were defeated. The King of Persia was angry about this.
  • Nooooo! We failed to beat the Persians.
  • Slide: 2
  • The King of Persia was furious at Athens for helping the Ionians. So Darius invaded Greece but was pushed defeated by Athens at the battle of Marathon
  • Rejoice we conquer!
  • The Greeks sent their fastest runner Pheidippides to city-state of Athens to tell of victory. Pheidippides died from exhaustion.
  • The Battle of Platea.The Greeks were struggling until the Persian General was killed. After that the Greeks slaughtered the Persians and stopped the second Invasion of Greece
  • Slide: 3
  • The Battle of Thermopylae.During this battle the Greeks confronted the huge Persian army with a very small force of 7,000 Greeks led by King Leonidas' 300 Spartans. The Greeks held off the Persians for 3 days but a traitor told Xerxes the Persian King about a route to flank the Greeks. The Greeks retreated except for 300 spartans led by King Leonidas who all died in a last stand.
  • Slide: 4
  • The Battle of Salamis.A naval battle where smaller, faster, and more agile Greek triremes led by Themistocles destroyed the bigger and slower Persian warship.
  • Slide: 6
  • As Athens we propose now that the war is over that we organize the Delian League.
  • After the war the Athenians made the Delian League and moved the Treasury to Athens where they used it to rebuild.
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