Battle of Marathon
This battle is where we get what Olympic event.
What is the marathon?
In this battle the Athenians and Spartans joined forces.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
This is considered to be the world's first historian.
Who is Herodotus?
This is probably the Persian's top legacy.
What is tolerance?
This is the military formation that helped the Greeks win.
What is the phalanx?
This underdog won the battle.
What is Greece?
This city-state took charge of the navy.
What is Athens?
This Persian ruler overthrew the Median ruler.
Who is Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great?
This road system helped create the world's first postal system.
What is the Royal Road?
This is the religion of the Persians.
What is Zoroastrianism?
These are three reasons for the win.
What are better weapons, fighting for their homeland, and new military formation?
This city-state took charge of the army.
What is Sparta?
This Persian ruler orchestrated a coup and overthrew the previous ruler.
Who is Darius I?
The Battle of Marathon prompted Greeks to do this.
What is resist or fight the Persians?
This term means an overthrow of the government.
What is coup?
This is what the Persians did after the battle.
What is retreated?
This series of wars lasted about 50 years.
What are the Greco-Persian Wars?
This person wrote the volume The Histories.
Who is Herodotus?
This idea helped to regulate the tax system.
What is having each province pay a fixed amount?
What are a uniform code law and a single currency?
This group lost about 6,500 soldiers in the battle.
Who are the Persians?
The movie 300 is based on this battle.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
This ruler made Persepolis the new capital city.
Who is Darius I?
Cyrus the Great did this to help instill loyalty in in the military.
What is recruit foreign soldiers?
This is the sacred book of Zoroastrianism.
What is the Avesta?