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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
At what place did Darius and the Persian army get defeated?
A
Battle of Marathon
B
Battle of Thrace
C
Battle of Sumer
D
Battle of Babylon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. was part of the first Persian invasion of Greece. The battle was fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica and marked the first blows of the Greco-Persian War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Battle of Marathon, (September 490 bce), in the Greco-Persian Wars, decisive battle fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in which the Athenians, in a single afternoon, repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece.

Detailed explanation-3: -Battles of Plataea and Mycale (479 BC) At Plataea, the largest battle of the war, 100, 000 Persians were defeated by 40, 000 Greeks, including Athenian and Spartan hoplites. Mardonius lost his life on the battlefield, what remained of the Persian army limped home.

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