Aim: How can we sequence (put in order) the events of the Persian Wars in Greece?

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Aim How can we sequence (put in order) the
events of the Persian Wars in Greece?

• Do Now Read Setting the Scene on page 110 and
  answer the following questions in your notes.
• What did Darius of Persia want from the Greeks?
• Why were most Greek city-states quick to comply
  with Dariuss messengers?
• What did the Greeks do that they did not normally
  do when threatened by the Persians?

What advantages did Persia have?
Persia
Greece
Homework Handout and Reading The Golden Age of
Greece
Mr. McEntarfer HSLPS Global History I
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Instructional Objectives

• We will be able to
• Sequence (put in order the events of the Persian
  Wars.
• Identify the causes and effects of the Persian
  Wars.
• Describe how the Athenians good fortune would
  eventually lead to their downfall.

• Agenda
• Do Now Questions
• Instructional Objectives
• Discuss map
• Reading and Sequencing
• Summary Questions

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What are the causes of war?
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Persian Wars 499 BCE 480 BCE
How were Dariuss invasion (purple line) and
Xerxes invasion (Green lines) of Greece different?
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Activity As you read pages 110 114 place the
following events in the proper order (1-10)

• Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon.
• Athens experiences a Golden Age under Pericles in
  which their economy and democratic government
  thrived. Athens begins to dominate other Greek
  city-states
• Athens sends ships to aid Ionians in rebellion
  against Persia
• Athenians defeat Persian navy at Salamis.
• United Greek victory marked an end to Persian
  Invasions
• Athens forms an Alliance called the Delian League
  to continue the struggle against Persia.
• King Xerxes of Persia sends a second army that
  defeats Greeks including 300 Spartans at the
  costly Battle of Thermopylae. The Persians go on
  to burn Athens.
• Many Greeks resent Athens power.
• Darius of Persia sends a large army to punish
  Athens for aiding Ionian Rebellion.
• The Peloponnesian War erupts between Athens and
  Sparta

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Correct Order

• Athens sends ships to aid Ionians in rebellion
  against Persia
• Darius of Persia sends a large army to punish
  Athens for aiding rebellion.
• Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon.
• King Xerxes of Persia sends a second army that
  defeats Greeks including 300 Spartans at the
  costly Battle of Thermopylae. The Persians go on
  to burn Athens.
• Athenians defeat Persian navy at Salamis.
• United Greek victory marked an end to Persian
  Invasions
• Athens forms an Alliance called the Delian League
  to continue the struggle against Persia.
• Athens experiences a Golden Age under Pericles in
  which their economy and democratic government
  thrived. Athens begins to dominate other Greek
  city-states.
• Many Greeks resent Athens power.
• The Peloponnesian War erupts between Athens and
  Sparta.

Who do you think won the Peloponnesian War?
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Summary Questions

• What caused the Persian Wars?
• How did winning the Persian Wars affect Greece,
  particularly Athens?
• If you ruled the city-state of Athens after the
  Persian Wars what would you have done differently
  to avoid its later downfall?

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Answers

• What caused the Persian Wars? The Persians
  invaded because they were angry with the
  Athenians for helping a revolt in Ionia. They
  also may have want to control Greek trade.
• How did winning the Persian Wars affect Greece,
  particularly Athens? The Greek victory led to a
  golden age in Athens in which the economy, the
  arts and democracy thrived. Athens also formed
  the Delian League, an alliance dominated by
  Athens to protect against future Persian attacks.
  The other Greek city-states began to resent
  Athens power which led to the Peloponnesian War
  between The Delian League and The Peloponnesian
  League led by Sparta. Athens would be defeated.
• If you ruled the city-state of Athens after the
  Persian Wars what would you have done differently
  to avoid its later downfall? Athens became too
  full of itself and was resented by the rest of
  Greece. Athens could have shared their prosperity
  and treated their former allies with respect.
  Instead they choose to dominate and tax them for
  their own gain, not the total glory of Greece.
  This abuse and resentment caused other
  city-states to turn to Athens rival Sparta for
  support which would inevitable lead to the
  Peloponnesian War and the defeat of Athens.

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Long Term Effects

• The Peloponnesian War lasted 27 years and
  severely weakened the Greek city-states. To the
  north in Macedonia an ambitious leader named
  Philip took notice and took over Greece. He would
  die soon after and his son Alexander would unite
  the Greek city-states, create the worlds largest
  empire and spread Greek culture around the World.

Was the Peloponnesian War a blessing or a curse?
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Positives and Negatives of Peloponnesian War

• Negatives
• Athenian democracy ended.
• Athenian Golden Age ended
• It weakened Greece and opened it up to Invasion
  by Macedonia

• Positives
• Macedonia united the Greek city-states
• Greek culture spreads across the known world as a
  result of the conquests of the Macedonian
  Alexander the Great.