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What country did the Persians obey?
The Medes
Why did Athens and Sparta decide the be friends and allies?
They were afraid of the Persians.
The Persian king had a dream about his grandson who would take his throne away. What was that baby's name?
Cyrus
What kind of building is the Parthenon?
A temple
What did all Spartan boys grow up to be?
soldiers
What 2 cities of Greece fought in the Peloponnesian war?
Sparta and Athens
What kind of things did Athenian boys learn in school?
math, reading, writing, poetry, music
When Sparta was attacking Athens, what happened inside the city of Athens that made it weaker?
The plague
What is a democracy?
a country where people vote on the laws and who will become the leaders
Today we have a race called a_________ in honor of this battle where a runner ran the entire way to Athens to tell them the news they had won against the Persians.
a marathon