Persian Wars Crossword Review

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  1. 3. Persian general at the Battle of Marathon who weakened his forces...dumb move!
  2. 8. Any type of foot soldier who marches into battle.
  3. 10. Greeks used these tight, rectangular blocks of soldiers as a battle formation.
  4. 11. The Persian Wars started because of a revolt by these colonies.
  5. 13. Athenian general whose weak center plan won the Battle of Marathon.
  6. 15. The only battle of the Persian Wars won by the Persians.
  7. 17. This civilization was the largest empire of the ancient world.
  8. 18. Soldiers who fight with bows and arrows.
  9. 19. They were too busy with a religious festival to help at Marathon.
  10. 20. The Spartan general who ordered 300 of his men to fight to the death.
  11. 21. This civilization got to say "Nike" when the Persian Wars ended.
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  1. 1. Soldiers who fight on horseback.
  2. 2. The only naval battle in the Persian Wars.
  3. 4. Persian King leading his troops at Thermopylae & Salamis.
  4. 5. This was the biggest disadvantage the Greeks faced in all three battles of the Persian Wars.
  5. 6. The was the first battle of the Persian Wars, won by Athens with a great plan.
  6. 7. Athenian warships with 3 levels of rowers that helped Greeks win at Salamis.
  7. 9. The proper name for a Greek soldier.
  8. 12. The elite fighting force for the Persians.
  9. 14. Persian king who started the wars with Greece because of the Ionian revolt.
  10. 16. Gave the Persians vital info that allowed them to surround the Greeks (his name was Ephialtes)