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- Conflicts of Ancient Greece Persian Wars: Empire of Persia against the Greeks Marathon Thermopylae Peloponnesian War Series of Wars within the Peloponnesian peninsula. Athens vs. Sparta
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- Our Plan 5 Ws Who (Who was fighting who?) Where? Why? When? What happened?
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- The Battle of Marathon
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- Who? The Persian Army vs. Athenian Army King Darius I of Persia
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- The Battle of Marathon Where? Marshy plains of Marathon outside of Athens
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- The Battle of Marathon Why? The Persians wanted to invade & conquer Greece. When? 490 B.C.
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- The Battle of Marathon What happened?
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- Pheidippedes
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- The Battle of Marathon Who won? Athens! (The Greeks)
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- The Battle of Thermopylae
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- Who? Xerxes (Son of Darius) & The Persians King Leonidas & 300 Spartans Where? A mountain pass called Thermopylae or the Hot Gates
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- King Leonidas in 300
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- The Battle of Thermopylae When? 480 B.C.
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- The Battle of Thermopylae Why? Xerxes was eager to defeat Greece after their loss at Marathon ten years earlier. When? 480 B.C.
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- The Battle of Thermopylae What happened? 10,000 Greeks led by Leonidas met the Persians at Thermopylae The Greeks led the Persians into the narrow pass. A Greek traitor showed the Persians an alternate route. Leonidas and 300 Spartans stayed to defend the pass. All of the Spartans and Leonidas were killed.
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- The Battle of Thermopylae Who Won? The Persians Xerxes burned Athens to the ground But The Spartans had held on long enough to allow many others to get to safety.