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The start of the persian wars
Athens helped out city states in modern day turkey rebel against the persians. -
The battle of marathon
In the battle of marathon persians led by darios attacked athens. If athens lost greek culture wouldn't excist. A man named thermisocles knew the war would happen so athens and sparta built up an army for it. -
the battle of thermopylae.
In the battle of thermopylae the persians attacked with thousands of men led by xerxes. The spartans had 300 men led by king leonidas. The spartans lost. -
The battle of salamis
The battle of salamis was a battle to destroy the persian fleet. After the battle the athinians retired to the peloponnesian peninsula. -
The battle of platea
the battle of platea ended the war. The greeks won the war. -
After the war
Three outcomes of the war were the invention of the military move phalanx: where heavy infantry would attack. another is the creation of the delian league: this was an allience of the greek city states lead by athens which would prepare for nother attack from the persians. The final outcome was that greek culture still thrived in the future.