GRECO-PERSIAN WAR

NOTEBOOK SET UP

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W   E  

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                                         The  Persian  Empire    

 E  U  R  O  P  E  

   

Hellespont

GREECE  

Aral Sea

Aegean Sea IONIA   ASIA  MINOR   A  S  I  A  

 A  F  R  I  C  A  

 Rhodes  

   ASSYRIA  

   INDUS  

0   250   500  miles   PERSIA   VALLEY  0          250     500  kilometers  Lambert   Conformal  Conic  Projection  

EGYPT    BABYLONIA  

   

Greece  Persian  Empire  under   Xerxes  

ARABIAN  PENINSULA  

 Arabian Sea

PERSIAN WARS 42

Take 5min (MAX) and make your notebook

look like this

Greece Persia

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You already know A LOT about the Greeks

What are the 5 most important things you know about this

civilization?

In the “WHO” column for Greece, write once sentence summarizing

what you know about the civilization.

WHO? THE GREEKS

Now narrow down the 10 things you talked about into one sentence.

In the “WHO” column for Persians, write once sentence summarizing

what you know about the civilization

WHO? THE PERSIANS

The Ionian Revolt, which began in 499 B.C.E., led to the start of the Persian wars. Earlier, in 546 B.C.E., the Persians had conquered the wealthy Greek

settlements in Ionia, a small coastal region bordering the Aegean Sea, in Asia Minor. The Persians took the Ionians’ farmland and harbors. They forced the Ionians to pay tributes, or the regular payments of goods. The Ionians also

had to serve in the Persian army. The Ionians knew that they could not defeat the Persians by themselves, so

they asked mainland Greece for help. Athens sent soldiers and a small fleet of ships. Unfortunately for the Ionians, the Athenians went home after an initial

success, leaving the small Ionian army to continue fighting alone. In 493 B.C.E., the Persian army defeated the Ionians. To punish the Ionians

for rebelling, the Persians destroyed the city of Miletus (my-LEE-tuhs).

WHAT STARTED IT ALL?THE IONIAN REVOLT

So now… why did each side decide to fight?

Write one sentence for why PERSIA wanted to go to war.

Write one sentence for why GREECE wanted to go to war.

MARCH TO WAR

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                                         The  Persian  Empire    

 E  U  R  O  P  E  

   

Hellespont

GREECE  

Aral Sea

Aegean Sea IONIA   ASIA  MINOR   A  S  I  A  

 A  F  R  I  C  A  

 Rhodes  

   ASSYRIA  

   INDUS  

0   250   500  miles   PERSIA   VALLEY  0          250     500  kilometers  Lambert   Conformal  Conic  Projection  

EGYPT    BABYLONIA  

   

Greece  Persian  Empire  under   Xerxes  

ARABIAN  PENINSULA  

 Arabian Sea

PERSIAN WARS 42

Greece Persia

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Y?

W

HO

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