Persian Wars
Across
- 3. States that agree to help each other against a common enemy.
- 6. At this battle the Greeks tricked the Persians into entering a narrow channel where the Greeks rammed the Persian ships.
- 7. A huge battle of Persia which started all the wars in 499 B.C.E. This was also the war that started the Persian Wars.
- 9. A huge war where it was the first of many battles between the Greeks and the Persians.
- 12. Inhabitants of Greece
- 14. The conflict between Persia and the Greek city-states between 499 and 479 B.C.E.
Down
- 1. This was the battle where the Greeks finally won, and also ended the Persian Wars
- 2. One of the greatest kings of Persia
- 4. A sustained fight between large, organized armed forces
- 5. At its height in the 400s B.C.E. the largest empire the world had ever known, ruling over land in Africa, the Middle east, and Asia
- 8. Soldiers who ride on horses
- 10. The long, narrow body of water between Europe and Asia in present-day Turkey
- 11. An organized military force equipped for fighting on land
- 13. Save someone from a dangerous or distressing situation