Greece

• Cyrus the Great

            -He founded the first world empire. (Persian Empire)

• Darius the Great

             -King of Persia (521 B.C.)

• The battle of Marathon

             - 490 B.C.
             - The Greeks one (First victory for the Greeks in the Persian war)

•  Xerxes

             - Was the son of Darius the Great
             -Wanted to destroy the Greeks after they won the first battle (battle of marathon)
             - His army included: 100,000 to 180,00 men, and a fleet of 600 ships. He planned to invade Greece                         first by land, then by sea.

• Bridge of Hellespont

             - It was used for Xerxes's men to cross (bridge)

• Leonidas

             - Was one of the few Spartan Kings to have ever undergone harsh training of Spartan Youth.
             - He was a hero in Sparta
             - He formed a small around (4,000-7,000) men and this began the battle of Thermopylae.
             - Sparta lost the battle ( Leonidas died) but it was a victory because only 300 men held off thousands of others.

• Peloponnese,Greece

             - Is where the Spartans lived.
             -Some of the most bloodiest battles were fought here.

• Herodotus-Greek historian (wouldn't know much about Greece if it wasn't for him)

              -He only wrote what he heard.

• Thermopylae 

              - Was a battle between Persian and Greek
              -Held off the Persians for a couple days