War Tests the Greeks

The Greeks fought several wars between 500 and 400 B.C.

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Why did the Persians Invade Greece?????

Battle of MarathonPersiaKing DariusPheidippidesPersian FleetHerodotus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPinrH-akvc&list=PLF1FD53B4B1A03C42&index=1

Battle at Thermopylae

XerxesSpartansThermopylaeSacrificed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FViLPhmWeLY&index=4&list=PLF1FD53B4B1A03C42

SalamisSalamisManeuverGreat Sea BattleWooden Wall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLF1FD53B4B1A03C42&v=nENUmbdsAPw

Peloponnesian

War

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Athens 27 years Who won???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzyuw_lBTM

Conclusions….Pheidippides ran 150 miles in two days to ask the

Spartans for help ~ he is remembered every year at the Olympics.

The Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.

300 Spartans gave up their lives at Thermopylae to protect others.

The Athenians defeated the Persians at Salamis because the Persians could not maneuver their large ships.

The Spartans won the Peloponnesian War.