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2,500 years ago ________________________ a war between Greece and Persia.

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_______________________ a lot of battles.

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__________________ a big battle in a place called Marathon, which the Greeks won.

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This was important news, but __________________ any internet.

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_________________ any telephones too. So a man called Pheidippides ran to Athens with news of the battle. He ran about forty-one kilometres.

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_____________________ any good roads, so it was a difficult journey. When he arrived in Athens, he died.

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