Persian padlet by Ryne Eggstaff https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g en-us 2023-01-10 15:36:07 UTC 2025-12-25 01:24:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Founded in 522 BCE by darius 1, the persian empire was the largest of its time reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439512902 2023-01-10 15:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439512902 Close behind the persian empire are the spartan (Located in SE peloponnese with a militaristic society and the leader of peloponnesian league) and Athens (having a democratic government, fewer rights for women and leader of delian league) reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439513589 2023-01-10 15:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439513589 Around 500 BCE the ionians rebelled against persia to gain independence. With the help of Athens, the ionians were still defeated by persia reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439513982 2023-01-10 15:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439513982 The first Persian invasion started after Darious assembled a group of 20,000 men in 490 BCE. Persia landed in marathon about 25 miles from athens. Persia lost the battle of marathon reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439514359 2023-01-10 15:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439514359 After xerxes took power an alliance of Greek city states formed to protect them. Athens made a big navy. Meanwhile Xerxes route would force his army to go through a small opening called a thermopylae. The Spartan king sent 300 elite warriors to fend off the Persians, and all of them died but held off Persia for 7 days. reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439514757 2023-01-10 15:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439514757 The persians believed they had won so they burned and ransacked the city. They went to the water and saw greece waiting for them with a great navy. Persia had lost the war and it was over for them. Eventually the time turned to the athens golden age which was a time of peace, prosperity, and happiness, because they had a strong army and lots of money. Sparta was also weakened because they carried Athens and lots of soldiers reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439515474 2023-01-10 15:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439515474 reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439517298 2023-01-10 15:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439517298 reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439518608 2023-01-10 15:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439518608 reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439521430 2023-01-10 15:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439521430 reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439526340 2023-01-10 15:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439526340 reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439527521 2023-01-10 15:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439527521 reggstaff25 https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439528870 2023-01-10 15:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/reggstaff25/wix16dce82taj76g/wish/2439528870