Persian war-
NEw technology- during the dorian age, only the rich could really afford to buy the bromxze weaponry and armoc-iron later replaced bronze and allowed the common man to be abe to arm himself and fight battles -
Phalanx-spear in one hand, shield in the other
start of the persian war-- war between greece and the persian empire
-it first began in ionia on the coast of anatolia
-greeks were settled there but persians conquered it around 546 BC
-the ionian revolted-athens went to help in the revolt-Darius the great-defeated the revolt and then vowed to destroy athens
War continues-in 490 BC the perisan fleet of 25,000 men landed in the area called marathon
10,000 athenians meet them there
-after several hours of fighting - oersians fled the battlefield -6,000 persians lives were lost -200 or less athians lives were lost
-why such victory?
-the athians were using this new fighting formation called the phalanx
-persians were not well trained in this type of land fighting
-athians would fight on their home land
Marathon-
athians had won, they left their city without much of an army
-army leaders would send a runner to aleret athens of the battle
-pheidippides was the runner
-he ran 26 miles from marathon to athens
-Ten years later-
-xerxes, darius the greats son, had become the successor of the persian army
-he brought an enormous army ith him to complete the job his fatheqr nce vowed
Greek issues- the greeks were very divided on how to handle the persian situation
-some city states thought that they should fight them and defend their city of athens
-some city states thought it wasnt worth it, and that they should just allow them to burn it '-some even fought with the persians
Famous battle of thermopylae-
-a narrow mountain pass was the setting of this battle
-7,000 greeks and 300 spartans stood in the way of the xerxes and his huge army on this push to get to athens
300- a thraitor went to xerxes and informed hikm of a secret path around the pass
-fearing defeat, the sartans fought the persians so that the greeks could flee to the fight another day
-all 300 were killed including leonidas
Lasting effects of spartan sacrifice- made a great impression on the greeks
-allowed the remaining greeks to retreat and fight the persians again
-showed xerxes what he was up against
Battle of Salamis- greeks abandoned athens, because they thought that fighting at sea was their best chance
-they were right, xerxes watched as a 1/3 ratio was killed
lasting effects of the persian war- the delian league was created (an alliance of greek city stats to continue to push the persians out of all greece
-athians was the head of the league and moved the head quarters to athens
-this gave the athians a lot of power and helped push them into their golden age
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