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Cuba Evans S.S. Key Mrs. Landrum Persian War Summary

The Persian War was a series of conflicts between the Greek city states and the Persian Empire. This war lasted from 499 BC and 448 BC. Not all of the Greeks fought against the Persians. Some of the Greeks were even with the Persians. Others were just neutral or were not even involved with the wars! The wars took place in Greece, Asia Minor, Cyprus, and Egypt. The Greek city states were led by the Athens and Sparta not including Epirus, Oreos, Lokris, Achaea, and Argos. Commanders of this war are, Miltiades, Themistocles, Euribiades, Leonidas, Pausanias, Kimon, Pericles, Darius, Mardonius, Datis, Artaphernes, Xerxes, Artabazus, and finnaly Megabyzus. Persian general Mardonius set off on a punitive expedition in 492 BC in Thrace to consolidate Persian power, but was stopped by a storm. An amphibious force under Datis and Artaphernes captured Naxos and razed Eretia, but was defeated in a marathon a few days later by general Miltiades of Athens. 10 years later, in 480 BC, after a major preparation for King Xerxes, led a very large force to conquer Greece.

By year 800 BC the Greek city-states had too many people. With so many people in the Greek city-states people had lost a lot of there jobs. One place they built city-states was along the Mediterranean Sea east and west looking for new places to set up city-sates. The Persian war caused one of the biggest problems in the history of Greece, it destroyed Athens. If you want to know pretty much what happened during the Persian War here is a flow chart.

Outline of the Greek Persian Wars

I.The King A. King Xerxes II.Biggest War Problem A. Athens got destroyed III.Why War Started A.There were to many people and the people lost jobs IV. Where the Athens settled A. They Settled along the Mediterannian
 * Flow Chart of the Persian Wars ||
 * Persians under Xeres the Great ||
 * attacked Athenians ||
 * because they wanted to try again. ||
 * The Spartans helped the Athenians defeat the Persians again. ||
 * attacked Athenians ||
 * because they wanted to try again. ||
 * The Spartans helped the Athenians defeat the Persians again. ||
 * because they wanted to try again. ||
 * The Spartans helped the Athenians defeat the Persians again. ||
 * The Spartans helped the Athenians defeat the Persians again. ||
 * The Spartans helped the Athenians defeat the Persians again. ||

Mltiades The Great Darius

King Xerxes