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09/30/16
•QOD
•Who were Xerxes’s best soldiers?
•The Immortals were Xerxes’s best
soldiers.
•I can review the Battle of Thermopylae
09/30/16 Agenda
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I can and QOD
Vocab Flashcards
Vocab Quiz
Review “Last Stand of the 300” video guide (continue on
Monday)
Last Stand of the 300
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300,000; Army
Get revenge and burn Athens
Spartan Advantage – Athenian help, geography, training, home
turf
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Spartan Disadvantage – small population; outnumbered
Persian Advantage – large empire, large army, revenge
Persian Disadvantage – Geography, far from home, military technology
Athens
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Narrow pass; mountains, sea on one side
Healthy/strong ; Leonidas
Fight together ; Navy
Harsh training, starved, kill a helot, start at 7
Enemy ; Friend
26 miles ; Nike ; Died
1 mile ; 700 old ships
10 pounds ; Hearing and Vision
No room to maneuver
Navy ; Navy
Telling a lie
6 to 1