Persian Wars Crossword

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  1. 3. Defense of the pass sufficiently delayed the Persians and saved the city of Athens
  2. 6. Greek historian and geographer
  3. 7. God of Zoroastrianism
  4. 8. Body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
  5. 9. Land battle in which the Athenians, in a single afternoon, repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece
  6. 11. Invaded Greece but Greece prevailed
  7. 12. Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion
  8. 13. Athenian messenger who ran from Athens to Sparta
  9. 15. Athenian politician and general
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  1. 1. Citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields
  2. 2. Spartan king who stood against the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece
  3. 4. Naval war where the Greeks defeated the Persian fleet
  4. 5. Allowed all subjects to participate in governance
  5. 10. narrow passage between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  6. 14. A governor of an ancient Persian province