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Soldiers who ride on horses

What is a “cavalry”?

A country or a group that joins

with another for a common

purpose, such as to fight against a

common enemy

What is an “ally”?

At its height in the 400s B.C.E.,

it was the largest empire the

world had ever known, ruling

over land in Africa, the Middle

East, and Asia.

What is the “Persian Empire”?

This was the name of the conflict

between Persia and the Greek

city-states between 499 and 479

B.C.E.

What were the “Persian Wars”?

Wealth sent from one country or

ruler to another as a sign that the

other is superior.

What is a “tribute”?

This king of the Spartans commanded

6000-7000 soldiers to stop the

Persians at Thermopylae; he fought

the final fight with 300 soldiers.

Who was “King Leonidas”?

He was the son of Darius and

took over as the Persian king

when his father died.

Who was “King Xerxes”?

A great Persian king who was the king

during the beginning of the Greek-

Persian wars around 499 B.C.E.

Who was “King Darius”?

An Athenian navy leader who

defeated the Persians at the Battle

of Salamis around 480 B.C.E.

Who was “Themistocles”?

A Greek general and commander

at the Battle of Marathon around

490 B.C.E. who defeated the

Persians at Marathon.

Who was “Miltiades”?

Area of Greek settlements in Asia

Minor; Miletus was there and it

was destroyed by the Persians

What is “Ionia”?

The site where the Athenian navy

fought the Persian navy and had a

decisive win over the Persians.

What is “Salamis”?

The long, narrow body of water

between Europe and Asia in

present-day Turkey; the Persians

crossed that strait to get to

mainland Greece.

What is the “Hellespont”?

Greek city-state where the Greek

general, Miltiades, defeated the

Persians around 490 B.C.E.

What is “Marathon”?

The place, and narrow pass,

where the outnumbered Greeks

held off the Persians for three

days around 480 B.C.E. In the

end King Leonidas and 300 of his

men died holding them off.

What is “Thermopylae”?

The site of a battle where a

Spartan-lead army of 80,000

soldiers defeated the Persians

ending the Persian wars around

479 B.C.E.

What is “Plataea”?

This revolt began because the

Greeks didn’t like how the

Persians took their farmland and

harbors, or how they were forced

to serve in the Persian army.

What is the “Ionian Revolt”?

In this battle the strategy was to

fight the Persians in a narrow

pass which would limit the

number of soldiers the Greeks

would have to fight at one time.

What is the “Battle of

Thermopylae”?

King Darius and the Persians

fought the Athenians on the

mainland of Greece. The

Spartans did not help in this

battle, yet the Athenians won.

What is the “Battle of Marathon”?

In this battle, the Persian navy

was tricked into fighting the

Athenian navy in the narrow

channels between the islands and

the mainland.

What is the “Battle of Salamis”?

King Leonidas fought the

Persians at Thermopylae with

just 6,000 to 7,000 soldiers. The

Persians had this many soldiers.

What is “180,000” soldiers?

After the defeat at Salamis,

___________ fled with some of

his soldiers, leaving the rest in

Greece with orders to attack the

Greeks again in the spring.

Who is “Xerxes”?

300 Persian ships were lost and

only ____ Greek ships.

What is “40”?

The Persians had to cross this sea

in order to attack Greece.

What is the “Aegean Sea”?

The Persians started out as a small

tribe in this present-day country.

What is “Iran”?