Persia attacks the Greeks

Which of the following terms best describes the 20 states that Darius divided the Persian Empire?

• Shrines

• Sacreds

• Satrapies

• Satrap

the area known today as southwestern Iran

• Persia

• Iraq

• Greece

place where the Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet

• Thermopylae

• strait of Salamis

• Marathon

• Persia

the religion of Persia

• satrap

• Xerses

• Zoroastrianism

means “protector of the kingdom”

• satrap

• King

• Servant

• Priest

son of Darius

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece?

• to increase his country’s wealth

• to win glory

• for revenge

• all of these

Herodotus’s History

Xerxes addresses the Persians: “I have found out a way whereby we may at once win glory, and likewise get possession of a land which is as large and as rich as our own . . . while at the same time we obtain satisfaction and revenge. . . . My intent is to . . . march an army through Europe against Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians from the wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father.”

—Herodotus

The Persian Wars, Book VII

What was Xerxes planning to do?

• colonize Northern Africa

• conquer Greece

• unite the Greek city-states

• build an acropolis

Herodotus’s HistoryXerxes addresses the Persians: “I have found out a way whereby we may at once win glory, and likewise get possession of a land which is as large and as rich as our own . . . while at the same time we obtain satisfaction and revenge. . . . My intent is to . . . march an army through Europe against Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians from the wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father.”—HerodotusThe Persian Wars, Book VII

If Xerxes' plan is successful, what will he gain?

• possession of a rich land

• satisfaction and revenge

• glory

• all of the above

Herodotus’s History

Xerxes addresses the Persians: “I have found out a way whereby we may at once win glory, and likewise get possession of a land which is as large and as rich as our own . . . while at the same time we obtain satisfaction and revenge. . . . My intent is to . . . march an army through Europe against Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians from the wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father.”

—Herodotus

The Persian Wars, Book VI

Who committed wrongs against the Persians?

• Europeans

• Turks

• Greeks

• Romans