Fri., 3/13

Your Field Notes No. 37 will be due on the second day we reconvene.

Do Now—Exercise 37D—Answer the following:

1) What started the Persian Wars?

2) What were two early successes of the Greeks in the Persian wars?

3) What happened to the Persians’ first massive naval and land retaliation?

Review p. 525 – p. 530 as needed...

Do Now—Exercise 37D—Model answer:

1) The Persian Wars were sparked in 500 B.C. when Athens joined a rebellion against the Persians who had demanded Athens install Hippias as a puppet-king.

2) The early ‘conflagration of Sardis’ and the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. were early Greek successes in the Persian Wars.

3) The Persian navy was destroyed by a storm in 492 B.C. and their land attack was defeated at Marathon.

Your answer must include the above information.

Read:

p. 530, ¶ 3 to the end of Ch. 64.

Exercise 37E:

Identify the four major events from the Persian Wars next to their appropriate dates.

490 B.C.: The Battle of Marathon

481 B.C.: Athens and thirty other Greek cities formed the Hellenic League

480 B.C.: The Battle of Theropylae and Salamis: Persia sacks Athens

479 B.C.: Darius’s son, Xerxes, was forced to retreat after the Battles of Platea and Mycale

Wash your hands frequently and have a safe Spring Break!