Across
- 5. The god of Zoroastrianism
- 6. founder of Persian empire - valued non-Persians as much as Persians
- 9. world's first historian
- 14. Xerxes vs Greek city-states, fought in central Greece mountain pass
- 15. Greeks defeated Persian fleets off the island of Salamis
Down
- 1. A governor of an ancient Persian province
- 2. Persian Emperor - led the Persians and was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
- 3. Greek general who - led Greeks into battle of Salamis
- 4. An Iranian religious reformer - Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds
- 7. Ran 26 miles - battle of Marathon
- 8. Greek soldier
- 10. narrow waterway - connected Persia & Greece
- 11. Greek military formation
- 12. Persians invaded Greece,Athenians were outnumbered but famously won
- 13. General who led the 300