the persian wars
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The Pers ian
Wars
, .Firs t a brie f his tory of Pers ia•Geography: Begins in Iran.
•558-330 BCE Achaemenid Empire:–558: Cyrus expands Persia to Anatolia by
conquering Babylonia and the Ionian Coast.
–521: Darius:•Expands Persian to the Black Sea and the Indus.
•Taxes, laws, and coins.
•Persepolis.
–486: Xerxes and values.
The Pers ian Wars• 500 BCE: Greek cities revolt against Persian
rule.
• 493 BCE: Ionian rebellion squashed by Darius.
• 490 BCE: Darius attacks Greece. Athenians beat the Persians at Marathon and also at Athens.
The Pers ian Wars
•480 BCE: Xerxes sends fleet to revenge Darius’ loss.
•Spartans slaughtered at Thermopylae.
•Greeks beat Persians at the Battle of Salamis.
•479 BCE: Persians retreat to Anatolia.
Res ults of the Pers ian Wars
•Delian League.
•Rise of Athens.
Tomorrow
•The Rise and Fall of Athens. The Golden Age of Greece?
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