Greece and Persian War notes
Form of Government in Athens
Athens last form of government was a _____________ _____________________. In which all
citizens vote on ____________ issues.
How is this different from the Representative democracy we have here in the United
States?
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Spartans Social Order
-The _____________________________were the only citizens and the only sharers in the
allotment of lands and of the __________________ (serfs who were bound to the land).
-Helots- _____________________ the land and paid part of the produce to their masters,
the Spartiates.
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They could not be sold, but they had no _________________ or ________________
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___________________were constantly watched by a sort of Spartiate secret police.
-Perioeci- freemen who were permitted to carry on commerce and handicrafts, by
which some of them prospered.
Sparta had the most powerful _________________ in Greece
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_________________ emphasis was placed on _____________, toughness and the
ability to ___________
How to Be a Spartan
The ruling class, the Spartiates
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Gave themselves wholly to _____________.
At birth a boy was inspected by the elders, and if he appeared too weak, he
was ____________________. If he was fit, he would start his ________________ training
at age ________________.
He became a _______________ at 20, a _______________ at 30, and continued as a
soldier until 60.
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Spartiate women, under less severe discipline, were part of the soldierly society
and were not secluded.
The Persian War
What was it? a war between the Achaemenid Empire of ________________ and
city-states of Greece that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.
How do we know about it? __________________ wrote a book called
________________ in which he chronicled the rise of the Persian Empire and the
Persian War
Who should have the right to document a historical event?
______________________________________________________________________________
What issues could arise depending on who writes it?
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Who was involved: Greek soldiers called ________________________, Persian
soldiers
Persian strategy: Greater ___________________tended to overwhelm opposing
armies
Greek Strategy: Hoplites used the ___________________ formation to drive
opponents off field
Ionian Revolt
Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek city states __________________ in 547 BC.
The Ionians ________________against the Persian Tyrants, with the support of their
Athenian Greek countrymen but _________________.
Darius the great vowed to _____________________Athens for their support of the
revolt.
Darius decided that all of the city states in Greece posed a
___________________to his empire so he decided to conquer all of
__________________________.
Battle of Marathon (_____________________Victory)
The first invasion of Greece by the Persian empire ended with this battle. The City
of Marathon was successfully defended again the Persian invasion. Made
famous by ______________________ 25 mile run to Athens to alert the city of the
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Battle of Thermopylae (_______________________ Victory)
This battle took place during the second Persian invasion of Greece
led by King ___________________ of Sparta and Athenian general ________________
Greeks wanted to ____________________ the advance of the Persian army at the
pass of _________________________________, and simultaneously block the Persian
navy at the Straits of Artemisium.
A Greek force of approximately ____________________ men marched north to
block the pass against a Persian force of about _________________ and 300,000
Battle of Salamis (___________________Victory)
Once again outnumbered General _________________________leads Greece to a
victory at sea
According to Herodotus, the Persian fleet initially numbered 1,207
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While the Greek fleet numbered 366
Significance of the battle: This battle marked the ____________ _______________
of the war