Persian War!
The
How Do We Know?
Remember, history is what is remembered and
written down, along with the bias of the writer.
•Herodotus - primary source
•“Father of History”
•Ionian Greek
•Eye-witness & interviewed Eye-witnesses
•Wrote The Persian Wars
How Do We Know?
“These are the inquiries (the Greek word is
‘histories’) of Herodotus of Halikarnassos,
which he sets down so that he can preserve the
memory of what these men have done, and
ensure that the wondrous achievements of the
Greeks and barbarians (the Persians) do not
lose their deserved fame, and also to record why
we went to war with each other.”
-Herodotus
Persian Empire Expands
Remember the Persians?
•Conquered the Babylonians…
•“Freed” the Jews and allowed them to return to
Jerusalem and rebuild the temple to Yahweh
•Cyrus the Great ---> Jews called him the
“Messiah” or God’s “anointed one”
•Empire ---> largest to date under Darius, from
Egypt, Asia Minor to India
•Satraps & Satrapies
Persian Empire Expands
Persian War - the Greeks vs. the Persians
People to know…
GREEKS
-Leonidas
-Pericles
-Themistocles
PERSIANS
-Cyrus the Great
-Darius*
-Xerxes*
Key Battles to Know … (there’s 4)
B. of Marathon
B. of Thermopylae
B. of Salamis
B. of Plataea
The Persian War
SO WHAT? Who cares?
What’s at stake?
JUST THE FUTURE OF WESTERN
CIVILIZATION!
Persian
Expansion
-1st Invasion
Ionia & the Ionian Greeks
Northern Greece - Thrace & Macedonia
SARDIS
*
• ATHENS
• SPARTA
2nd Invasion - 490 B.C.
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
New Emperor - XERXES
•Son of Darius
•Finish what his father started
PERSIAN WAR Q.W.
Summarize in a paragraph the Persian War so
far. Use you notes and your BRAIN!
3rd Invasion - Sea and Land
SARDIS
*
• ATHENS
• SPARTA
3rd Invasion - 480 B.C.
3rd Invasion - 480 B.C.
The Persian Horde
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis - Naval Battle
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis
- Greek Victory at Sea
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Plataea
-LAST MAJOR
LAND BATTLE
-Who is Victorious?
Who has “NIKE”?
Persian War - Overview
•492 BCE - 1st invasion -Ionia, Macedonia &
Thrace, Dardanelles ------> Persian Empire
expands - into Asia Minor & northern Greece
•Ionia and Ionian Greeks revolt
•Persia - punish Athens for helping
•490 BCE - 2nd invasion
•B.of Marathon
•New Emperor - XERXES
•480 BCE - 3rd invasion - punish Greece for
good
•B.of Thermopylae
•B.of Salamis
•B.of Plataea
•Aftermath - Athenian expansion & greatness Delian League*
Peloponnesian War
Aftermath of the Persian War
•Athenian Imperialistic expansion
•cultural, economic & military power
---> navy
•Athens & “allies” -->Delian League
•“Golden Age” for Athens ---->
“Age of Pericles”
•Sparta and allies ----->
Peloponnesian League
•Outbreak of war
•Expected to be short
Peloponnesian War
•Conflicts between the two
power’s allies - ultimate
involvement of Sparta & Athens
•War’s escalation
- no definitive battle
- plague
- Alcibiades
- truce
- Sicily
- Persians
- Defeat & Aftermath