the persian wars PT 2
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- Themistocles tricked Xerxes into believing the Athenian navy was retreating and the massive Persian navy pursued them into a small strip of sea off the island of Salamis. The Persian ships were much larger than the Greeks and were not built for confined spaces. The huge Persian navy found it could not maneuver and was trapped. The much smaller ships of the Athenian navy repeatedly smashed into the Persian warships. Xerxes, sitting upon a golden throne placed on a cliff high above the shore overlooking the battle, saw his navy completely destroyed.
- Xerxes retreated with his remaining army. The Athenians and their allies defeated Xerxes' army for the last time at the Battle of Plataea in 479 B.C.E. Xerxes returned to Persia, defeated, and the Persian Empire never again invaded Greece.
- Both Athens and Sparta claimed credit for the victory over Persia, which led to problems. Sparta was left very weak after its defeat at Thermopylae, while Athens emerged as the most powerful city-state after rebuilding. Athens created the Delian League: an alliance with other city states to protect themselves if Persia ever again invaded. Athens rebuilt their city-state more splendorous than ever, and experienced its Golden Age of economic and cultural magnificence
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