Greece versus Persia

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Across
  1. 3. Spartan leader, Commander at Battle of Thermopylae
  2. 5. Channel of water between two land masses
  3. 9. Persian Emperor who vows revenge against the Greeks for Darius' defeat
  4. 10. Reorganizes Persian Empire's government and invaded Greece
  5. 12. Introduced monotheism to Persia and founded Zoroastrianism
  6. 13. Last Battle, Greeks defeated the Persians
  7. 14. First Persian War (battle)won by the Greeks
  8. 16. Province
  9. 19. Pass, location of Second Persian War (Battle) 300 Spartans die fighting the Persians
  10. 20. Made Zoroastrianism their state religion
  11. 21. Famed Greek historian who wrote about the Persian Wars
  12. 22. the Great, Macedonian King who conquers Persia and makes it part of his Greek Empire
Down
  1. 1. Location of poleis that rebelled against Darius in 499 BC
  2. 2. Original Persian religious type
  3. 4. Supreme God of Zoroastrianism
  4. 5. Location of third battle where the Athenian Navy destroyed the Persian Navy
  5. 6. How Cyrus treated his subjects
  6. 7. Southwest Asian empire
  7. 8. Road, Stretched from Persia to Anatolia
  8. 11. Governor
  9. 15. Athenian leader and great military strategist
  10. 17. Type of army Persia had
  11. 18. the Great, founded Persian Empire