1. Persian Wars Major Battles
Who Fought?
•    The __________ Fought against the __________
– Persia was ruled by __________ and __________
Greeks - Athenians, Spartans, Ionians
What caused the Persian War?
•    Persia controlled ___________ but ____________ were already living there.
•    in 499BCE when Persian King Darius raised __________ the Ionian Greeks got mad and __________
– __________ backed them up
•    Persians crushed the revolts
Causes
Darius wanted __________ on __________ for helping so attacked __________Greece.
Major Battles
1. ____________________– City north of Athens was burned by the Persians
–Angered Athens asks __________ for help
2. ____________________: Sparta and Athens work __________ Persia- __________soldiers
–Greeks- __________soldiers
–__________ battle formation gave the Greeks the victory
• 6,400 Persians died
• ________Greeks died

2. Part 2: Persian War
•    10 years later
•    __________, son of Darius vowed __________
Brought between __________ -__________ troops through a narrow mountain pass
Battle at Thermopylae
•    3,300 Greeks led by the __________ held them off at a __________ pass in Thermopylae.
– A __________ told Persians of __________ way around
– Many Greeks retreat but __________ stood strong.
– They all __________
Battle of Plataea
•   While __________ crushed the __________ at Sea, __________ were on the plain of __________ and crushes the rest of the __________ ______
•   Xerxes retreats
Battle at Salamis
•    Athens is ___________ and fought at _______.
•    Athenians had a powerful _______
•    Greeks fought with new ships called ___________
–Triremes __________ ___________ in Persian ships and sink a third of the ships.
Effects of the Persian Wars
•    Greece victory creates a __________ of __________
•    __________ had __________ of what was left of Greece through leadership of the __________ __________
•    Delian League- an __________ that the remaining Greek ____________________ would ____________________.