Persian Wars

Today in Western Civilization we learned a lot about the Persian Wars. The Persian Army, first archers (do damage but from a distance). The cavalry (they disrupt communication between generals and soldiers). Then lightly armored infantry (carried spears, swords, and bows). The timeline of Persian wars were five hundred forty six B.C Persians conquer Greeks in Ioania. Four hundred ninety-nine to four hundred ninety-four B.C Ioanian revolt (Athens helps).  Darius the Great defeats these rebels and vows revenge on Athens. Four hundred ninety B.C Persian fleet attacks marathon, but loses (run, Pheidippedus, run!). Four hundred eighty B.C  Xerxes (Darius’ son) conducts massive assault on Athens.