Persian war
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- Introduction
- Persia will rule with our large Army.
- We have Spartans
- Battle of Marathon
- You’re outnumbered
- So, you’re outmatched
- Battle of Thermopyle
- We are Spartans, we’ll fight to the death
- They don’t know they’re surrounded
- Just because there are more of you, do not believe that you will win.... said by the Greeks to the Persians. This is a look at the battles that led to Persia’s retreat.
- Athens in Flames
- Although the Persian army outnumbered the Greek army, they underestimated their fighting abilities and lost over 6000 soldiers. Creating the marathon race, they ran 25 miles back to protect Athens.
- Battle of Salamis
- RETREAT!
- After years, King Darius’ son, Xerxes, wanted to seek revenge. It started at Thermopyle where 300 brave Spartans fought to the death to let other Greeks flee.
- The End
- Everyone but the Spartans
- We all came together
- Persians quickly followed the Greeks back to Athens, but they had already evacuated the city, so Xerxes decides to set fires to burn it down.
- They’re not here, burn it down!
- Surprise! The Athenian army was not in Athens, but was by the island of Salamis. The Persian fleet was much larger, yet the Greeks won because of their small,fast, maneuvering boats. Xerxes had to retreat back to Persia.
- We are small but mighty!
- Most of the city-states joined together to form the Delian League and gave Athens money to build up their army and fleet. Well, all except the Spartans.
- Delian League
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