Transcript Ancient Greece: Quick Review Do Now

Ancient Greece:
Quick Review Do Now
Use your notebooks, folders and
your brains to help trigger your
memory:
1. How did the geography of
Ancient Greece help the people?
How did it hurt them?
2. How did the religion of Ancient
Greece affect their everyday lives?
3. Describe Athens in 1 sentence
4. Describe Sparta in 1 sentence
The Persian Empire and the Ancient Greeks go to war in
499 B.C.E., looking at the map below, what advantages
do the Greeks have? What disadvantages do they have?
Greece in 499 B.C.E.
The Greek world was tiny. It covered a small area at
the southern tip of the Greek peninsula. The
Persian Empire was huge. It stretched from the
Mediterranean Sea all the way to the Indus River
Valley.
Some of the Ancient Greek city-states were taken
over by the Persian Empire
Athens and Sparta sent supplies to the captured
city-states to help the people revolt against the
Persians
The Battle of Marathon
The Persian King, Xerxes (Zerk-ses) wanted to take Athens
for Himself
The Athenians heard news of a Persian Attack and asked the
Spartans for help, but they couldn’t because of a religious
ceremony
They had to fight alone, but developed a plan to confuse the
Persians and stall them
One Athenian Soldier ran from Marathon back to Athens to
tell them about the victory
When he reached Athens, he was so tired, he collapsed
and said “Nike”, the Greek Word for victory
The Battle of Thermopylae (the
300) - 480 B.C.E.
The Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous
last stands of history.
A small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only
road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass.
After several days of confrontation the Persians attacked but
were defeated by heavy losses. A traitor betrayed the Greeks,
revealing a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines
With the rest of the army dismissed, King Leonidas stayed
behind with his bodyguard of 300 Spartans, knowing they
would all die
The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae
and the legendary “300” helped put Greece on it’s way to
defeat the Persians
The Battle of
Salamis
Xerxes, the Persian King, was furious at the result of the first two
battles with the now hated Greeks. For the third major battle, the
Battle of Salamis, he sent an incredible number of Persian ships to
wage war on Greece. He didn't want just to win. He wanted Greece to
be totally destroyed.
Xerxes was so confident of success that he had his slaves carry a
golden throne from Persia, and set it up on a hillside overlooking the
Greek harbor, so he could be comfortable while he watched the Greeks
die.
But the Greeks did not die. Their small ships could maneuver better.
The Greeks were able to toss burning wood aboard the Persian ships
and get safely away. The Persians had to abandon their burning ships.
Those Persian sailors who made it to land were greeted by the Spartan
army. The Spartans killed them all.
When Xerxes saw how the battle was going, he ran away and left his
army behind. While Athens burned the Persian ships, Sparta left some
men on the beach to handle any Persians who made it to shore. The
rest of the Sparta army marched north and defeated the Persian army
coming in from that direction.
The Greeks took the day. The few Persians who survived fled. But
there was always the threat that the Persians might come back. In
preparation, the Greeks created the Delian League - a treasury that
would allow them to quickly prepare for war, should the need arise.
Activity Time
Pick one of the Three Battles
Marathon
Thermopylae
Salamis
You will Write a Story for the Battle on Looseleaf and tape or glue it to the larger
posterboard
You will need to include illustrations on the posterboard that represent part of the
story
Exit Ticket:
How do you think the
Greeks were affected after
the defeated the Persians?