Persian War - Alexander Test Flashcards
Puncis wars were _____ VS _______
Persia VS Athens
In the Punic wars Ionians team up w/
Athens
Greece strategically chooses where
to fight
At the battle of Marathon Athens was going to
kill themselves rather then let Persia kill them
Pheidippides must run to warn
Athens not to kill themselves
Darius dies so his son,
Xerxes avenges his goal
Xerxes takes his time to
build Persia’s infrastructure and supply army
Athens + Sparta defend Xerxes with
80,000 troops & 400 ships at Thermaplyae
Leader of Sparta
King Leonidas
King Leonidas and 300 spartans hold off Xerxes for
2 days
Xerxes is furouis that the Athenians escaped so
he burns Athens to the ground
Cyrus the Great rebuilt
Persia
Nike Means
Victory
Salamis was a navy battle where greeks destroy
much of naval Persia
Persian return after defeat and now want
to take all of greece
All of Greece forms the
Hellenic league to fight of Persia
The Delian league was named after
the Delos island
Athens+allies start new league called
Delian League to deal w/ persia when they come back
Athens calls the shots in the
Delian League
Greed eventually corupts
Athens
Delian league transforms into
a Athenian empire
Out of fear of Athens Sparta starts the
Peloponesian league
Sparta made sure to appoint themselves as the
dominant force in their own league
An acropolis is
the highest point in a city