Fighting the Greco-Persian Wars

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Across
  1. 2. to move closer to someone or something
  2. 7. a vast empire from 550 to 330 B.C.E. that ruled over lands in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
  3. 8. the part of a nation’s military that fights at sea
  4. 9. a long, narrow body of water between Europe and Asia
  5. 10. soldiers who ride on horses
Down
  1. 1. (490–479 B.C.E.) the period of fighting between the Persian Empire and the allied Greek city-states for control of the land in Greece
  2. 3. a country that is friendly to another country in times of war
  3. 4. great Persian king who ruled from about 522 to 486 B.C.E.
  4. 5. to persuade someone that something is true
  5. 6. son of Darius, and ruler of Persia from 486 to 465 b.c.e.; eventually defeated by the Greeks at the end of the Persian invasion of Greece