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Ancient Greece - Chapter 28
6 cards·by Ingersoll's Insights
Persian Empire
a vast empire in the 400s B.C.E. that ruled over lands in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
Darius
great Persian king who ruled from about 522 to 486 B.C.E.
Persian Wars
(490–479 B.C.E.) the period of fighting waged between the Persian Empire and the allied Greek
city-states for control of land in Greece
Calvary
soldiers who ride on horses
Xerxes
son of Darius, and ruler of Persia from 486 to 465 B.C.E.; eventually defeated by the Greeks at
the end of the Persian wars
Hellespont
a long, narrow body of water between Europe and the present-day country of Turkey