Charlotte Secondary School Winter 2011 Social Studies What you looking at, punk?: The History of Greek Warfare.

Charlotte Secondary School Winter 2011 Social Studies What you looking at, punk?: The History of Greek Warfare

Cyrus the (well, not so) Great Traditionally all the power wrested in Asia Minor though several different groups had controlled the region power had always centered around this region As Greek society grew and flourished, the area became ruled by the Persians Persians began fanning out and spreading their empire to the North including the area known today as Turkey Under the rule of Cyrus, Ionia (Turkey) was conquered Tyrants were given power and heavy taxes were levied the Ionians grew angry

Nice Toga, they sell mens clothes where you got that? Fearing that the Persians my soon take over Greece, the Greeks encouraged the Ionians to rebel against Persian rule and even supplied them with weapons and invaded part of Turkey Eventually the Persians were able to quell (squash) the Ionian revolt but the Persians were angry at the Greeks for stirring up trouble The Persians decided then to attack Greece

Hey, who left the back door open? You let the Persians in again! Persian ships, carrying the Calvary sailed over to Greece, looting islands on the way Usually at this time people were pretty safe once they were inside their walls. The Persians didnt have any weapons that could break down strong stone walls. But some of the Eretrians were afraid of the Persians anyway, and one of them opened a back door for the Persians in the middle of the night (jerk!) the Persians had a good base at Eretria (Greece), they sailed over to Athens Athenians hearing of the Persian attack raised an army and went out to meet them before the reached Athens

They dont call 24 hours of Monk a marathon for nothing The two armies came together at Marathon (where have I heard that name before?) Sparta and other city states did not arrive (100,000 Persians to 20,000 Greeks) At Marathon, the Greeks divided forces into three groups. They had the center pretend to run the Persians chased them only to find themselves caught in a trap The Greeks locked their shields together and destroyed the Persian force (6500 Persians dead to 192 Greeks) Because Athens was now undefended, many feared that it would give in to the demands of the Persian Navy thinking the army would soon be up on them, so one runner (Phidippides) ran 26 miles back to tell of the victory and died when he got there.

We are SPARTA! Persians met a force of Greeks at Thermopylae This was a small mountain pass that controlled access to all of Greece For two days 7,000 Greeks held the Persians back, but A Greek traitor showed the Persians a secret passageway This allowed the Persians to sneak up from behind and attack the Greeks - Most of the Greek defenders ran away. 300 Spartans stayed behind and fought to their deaths This allowed the other Greeks to escape capture or certain death The Persians poured into Greece and burned Athens to the ground As their city-state burned the Athenian people and the army escaped to the island of Salamis The Persians were quick to follow the retreating Greeks to Salamis

I didnt know we were attacking. Somebody just told me there was a snow cone machine on the other boat The Persians then retreated but raised a huge Navy under Xerxes and sent it to Greece to conquer Athens The Greek navy was small and clumsy the boats were few but big and maneuvered slowly so the Greeks decided to use this to their advantage The Greeks turned their boats into fighting platforms. They filled their boats with soldiers who would jump to the other boat and fight with the opposing boats in hand-to-hand combat The Athenians managed to destroy the majority of the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis. The Persians withdrew their army. This made Greece the new world power and Athens the unofficial leader of Greece and the world

The Peloponnesian War: Historys jealous cat fight Ancient Greece was not all one united country but a bunch of divided city states that liked to bicker like Greek gods or well you know Athens headed the Delian League taxed city states for protection and spent the money on themselves Sparta grew tired of the Athenian attitude and feared it was taking over too many other city-states (yes it was a turf warso to speak) Athens felt its superior Navy would make it victorious Sparta felt the same about its army. After 10 years of fighting, neither army had made any real headway so they signed the Peace of Nicias which kept things as they were but stopped the fighting (Maybe it would work in that car withno, probably not.)

Does this mean we cant make the gods argue anymore? After years of peace, Athens decide to gain power by trying to conquer the island of Sicily Underestimating the force, Athens was beaten back and had to call on more support from home. Seeing this as an opportunity, Sparta and Persia both attacked Athens simultaneously though not allied with each other At the same time, a wave of plague ripped through Athens weakening it and forcing it to surrender to Sparta Athenians surrendered totally to the Spartans, who tore down the walls of the city, barred them from ever having a navy, and installed their own oligarchic (rule by a few) government

Charlotte Secondary School Winter 2011 Social Studies What you looking at, punk?: The History of Greek Warfare.

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