Greek-Persian wars

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Ancient Greece

War with Persia

Planning

-Learning goals 

-Looking back on 3.2 (Athenian democracy). 

-Greek-Persian war 

-Answering learning goals

- Quiz

Learning goal

1. You can name 2 effects of the Persian greek war for Greece and 1 for Persia.

Effects = gevolgen.

Vraag 1: Waar denk je aan bij het woord 'democratie'? 

Vraag 2: What is Ostracism? 

Beantwoord eerst vraag 1 met je buurman/buurvrouw 

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Persian empire

- Really big!! 

- King named Darius 

First Persian war 

Darius wants Greek cities. 

He is jealous of their culture. 

Darius brings great army to Greece. But he 

needs a lot of ships to attack the cities of

Athens, Delphi and Thebes. 

Battle of marathon (490 bc) 

One of the most bloodiest battles in antiquity (oudheid)

Athens vs Persia

Land war but Persians use ships to land in Marathon.

Greeks in minority.

But Greeks win!

The empire strikes back: Second persian war

Darius had died, his son Xerxes is now king of Persia. 

Revenge 

Sparta and thebe vs Persians 

Xerxes

Leonidas 

Battle of Thermopylae

7000 Spartan hoplites vs 120.000! Persian soldiers!

Sparta Outnumbered!

Hill battle: Spartan ambush (hinderlaag)

Second day: Sparta gets betrayed.  

Result of Battle of Thermopylae

Persians win, but at high cost because: 

A lot of Persians (10.000) are killed by Sparta. 

This battle is remembered for the courage and sacrifice of the Spartans.

At the same time: Naval battle! (480 bc)

Result

 The Persian navy was much larger, but the Greeks had faster and more maneuverable ships. The Greeks, tricked the Persians into fighting in a narrow strait where their large ships couldn’t move easily. This Greek victory weakened the Persian forces.

Key reason Greek victory of Persian in this war. 

- Smaller armies

- Trained better 

-Athens and Sparta worked together

- Greeks knew their own terrority much better. 

Effects (gevolgen) Greek Persian war 

- Greek cities create Delian league, to defend against enemies in the future. 

-Greek cities become powerful and their culture gets more influence. 

- Persia stopped invading (binnenvallen Greece.

Learning goal

1. You can name 2 effects of the Persian greek war for Greece and 1 for Persia.

Effects = gevolgen.