western civ day 28

 ~A revolution begun in 490 BC Greece 

~ This changed the world

 ~Between Athens and Persian, spread across land and sea that will last over a decade

~This battle changes the course of civilization

~Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens to tell the Athenians that the Persians were coming to attack

~The run was abput 26 miles, thats is why the run is called a Marathon today

~Pheidippides quest was for survival

~In the early fifth century BC the Persians were very strong, but then Athens began to gain power, which threatened the Persians

~The Persians knew they had to destroy Athens

~Themistocles was the leader of Athens, he was very cocky and not many people liked him, but he was a great leader, he was known as the savior of his city

~Themistocles believed that the Persians would attack again

~Athenians were defeated on land, but they had a very strong navy

~The boats they used were called trienes, they were also weapons for sea battle

~During 483 BC, Athenians found a great amount of money and they wanted to divide amoung themselves, but Themistocles wanted to spend it on ships

~The Persians refused to stop until Athens was burnt to the ground

~Xerzes conscripted troops from every part of his empire

~They had 2 million men with the greatest army the world had ever seen 

~Xerzes was confident they were going to win, but when the Greeks realized they were about to be invaded they turned to the Gods






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