Cause/Events/Effects of Greco-Persian Wars
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- Cause of the Greco-Persian Wars
- Battle of Marathon
- Battle of Thermopylae
- Athens helped the Ionians revolt against the Persian empire by burning down. The Persian Empire became frustrated with Athens and King Darius wanted to burn down Athens in an act of revenge.
- Battle of Salamis
- First battle of the Greco-Persian Wars. The Greeks amboushed the Persians in the morning. A small portion of the Greek army was on a hill and the Persian army was preoccupied watching them when the rest of the Greek army ambushed them from the side. It ended with a Greek win.
- Battle of Plataea
- Second Battle of the Greco-Persian wars. The Battle of Thermoplae, also called the last stand of the 300, was fought inbetween a mountain pass between 100,000 Persian soldiers and 7,000 Greek soldiers. The Greeks were led by King Leonidas. The Persians found a way around the small pass and attacked the Greeks from behind. The Persians won and the Greeks were massacred
- Effects of the Greco-Persian Wars
- Third Battle of the Greco-Persian Wars. Themistocles set a trap and the Persian navy lost to the Greek navy.
- Last Battle of the Greco-Persian Wars. The Greeks ambushed the Persians and massacred them. Xerxes went home thinking he won because he avenged his father by burning down Athens while the Greeks technically won.
- The Persian empire soon declined and their reign as the powerhouse of the world ended. Greece became the world power and Athens and Sparta became rivals and the kept continuing to expand.
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