The Ancient Greeks: Guided Reading Lesson 3 Greece and Persia



Persian Wars?5.?Sequencing Below are eight statements about the events in the Persian Wars. Number the sentences in the order in which they happened.?????3????a.?Greeks won the battle at Marathon.?????1???b.?Greeks sent warships to Anatolia to support revolt against Persians.??????8??c.?A weakened Persian Empire stopped trying to conquer Greece.?????2???d.?King Darius I, of Persia, sent fleet and army that landed at Marathon outside Athens.????4????e.?Persian king Xerxes attacked united Greeks at Thermopylae.????5????f.?United Greeks fought bravely, especially Spartans, but lost the battle of Thermopylae.????6????g.?Greeks won Battle of Salamis and all but destroyed a large Persian fleet.????7????h.?Combined Greek forces defeated Persians at Plataea northwest of?Athens.6.?Drawing Conclusions Describe the effects of the Persian Wars on the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.? The Persian invasions caused the Greek city-states to unite for the first time in history in order to fight the off the Persians. The Persian Empire was weakened as a result of losing the wars with Greece. Both sides suffered heavy losses in battle. ................
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