Slide 1 The Persian Wars Athens and Sparta Unite 499 – 479 B.C.E. Slide 2 Background The Persian Empire largest and most powerful empire The Persians ruled Africa, the…

Slide 1 The Battle of Salamis Slide 2 Leading up to the Battle of Salamis The Greeks slowed down the Persian invasion at the Battle of Thermopylae Leonidas, his 300 Spartans…

Slide 1 Plutarch’s Life of Themistocles Peitho in the Service of City and Self Slide 2 Agenda Oral Report (conclusion) Natham, Christina, Orin Recap and Update The Road…

Slide 1 Ancient Greece Chapter 5 Ancient Greece I. Early Civilizations of Greece II. Greek City-States Rise to Power III. The Golden Age of Greece IV. Alexander Builds a…

Slide 1 Constructing Classical Greece: From City-States to Alex the Great Slide 2 The First Greeks Minoans pass along their culture to the Mycenaeans: 1.The value of seaborne…