https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv What events led to the defeat of the persians by the greeks? en-us 2022-03-16 15:53:47 UTC 2025-11-23 04:29:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Leilani_R https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2098353927 The Persians conquered the Ionians Greek colonies. ]]> 2022-03-16 16:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2098353927 Leilani_R https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2098372136 The Athenians helped the Ionians escaped the Persians. ]]> 2022-03-16 16:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2098372136 Leilani_R https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110048077 In the first battle,  the Battle of Marathon, the successor of Darius Xerxes invaded Athens in 490 B.C hundreds of Persian ships and 150,000 soldiers went to attack.  Athens was prepared to fight back; they had made alliances with other Greek city-states also including Sparta.  ]]> 2022-03-23 16:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110048077 Leilani_R https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110060580 The Battle of Thermopylae, Athens needed more time to get ready so the King of Sparta king Leonidas occupied the important mountain pass of the Thermopylae. The king fought with a small army and fought off the Persians so the Greeks had more time to prepare.]]> 2022-03-23 16:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110060580 Leilani_R https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110064061 The small group known as the triremes fought the Persian army The Greeks lured the Persians into a trap in the strait at Salamis and destroyed nearly a third of the Persian fleet.]]> 2022-03-23 16:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110064061 Leilani_R https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110067144  the Battle of Platea, an enormous and unified Greek army conquered the Persians. Despite the fact that the war went on for a few more decades. Greece was safe and Athens and Spartans came to be victorious as the most powerful city-states in Greece.]]> 2022-03-23 16:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Leilani_R/o5w7uo2qyatjqzrv/wish/2110067144