Persian Wars

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