Where was the Persian Empire?
In today's world, the Persian Empire if still surviving would be where Iran is located. Persia survived 539 through 330 B.C. By 5th century B.C.E., it was the largest empire the world had ever seen. They ran from trading with near by civilizations, other than destroy them and take over there land. They became very successful doing this.
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The battle started on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in the time of 490 B.C. This marked the first fight of the Greco-Persian War. With the Persians getting into the Greek capitol, the Athenian general Miltiades took command of the quickly assembled army he had formed. Miltiades employed a successful strategy. He weakened the center of the other mans force to strengthen its wings, causing confusion among the Persians. The victory "the Marathon men" captured the collective imagination of the Greeks. The tale is of a messenger running a whole 25 miles to Athens to deliver the news. This action was the fuel of the creation of the modern day marathon.
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ThermopylaeThe battle of Thermopylae was first just between the Persian army and the Greek army during the Persian invasion. The Greek army was very small compared to the Persian, but were determined to make a stand against the Persian army. During an invasion, the Greek army positioned them self in a gap, this pass was part of the route into Greece and the sea. The sea was called Thermopylae. They waited with 600 men. It is predicted that they faced an army of 100,000 men.
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