Name: Raymond Zieger
Date:2/23/15
Topic/Objective: Examine the causes of the Greco-Persian Wars
Questions and Key
Points
Class Notes
Greece
● independent states
● poor farming
● citizens were men who could vote and owned land
Persian Empire
● Began around 500 B.C.E
● Started by Cyrus the Great
● Expanded the Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Syria, Canaan
and Phoenician
● Then took over by Darius the Great
● more efficient empire
● divides into states
● Invaded Greece
Greek Hoplites
● Citizen soldiers
● defending the polis = ultimate responsibility of a citizen
Persian Army
● Lots of Archers
● Great heavy Cavalry
● Horse Archers
● Immortals
Battle of Marathon
● Outnumbered (10,000-25,000)
● No cavalry or archers
● Couldn’t get Spartan aid in enough time
● Attacked Persia near town marathon
Second Invasion
● Xexeus becomes king gets a huge army and attacks
Greek soldiers for war.
Battle of Artemisium
● three day naval battle
● Athenians fall back to Athens
● One of the Persians leaders was Artimisia
Battle of Salmis
● Naval battle
● fought not long after Thermopylae
● Smashed Xerxe’s fleet
the war ends
● After Salamis, Xerxes went back to Persia to deal with
other problems (probably revolts), left a large chunk of
the army with one of his generals
Summary
The Thermopalye starts a war then Athens become sea
people where they excell innaval raids and fight sparta.