CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Horses
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floating ship bridge
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Xerxes’ Pontoon Bridges were constructed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece upon the order of Xerxes I of Persia for the purpose of Xerxes’ army to traverse the Hellespont (the present-day Dardanelles) from Asia into Thrace, then also controlled by Persia (in the European part of modern Turkey).
Detailed explanation-2: -pontoon bridge, floating bridge, used primarily but not invariably for military purposes. See also military bridge.
Detailed explanation-3: -Across what body of water did Xerxes make a bridge of boats to move his army? He made it across the Hellespont.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is a floating bridge with barges or boats (’pontoons’) to support the bridge deck. Pontoon bridge.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was one method of transportation used by the Persians to invade Greece? Why do you think the Persians might have used this method of transportation? Greece is surrounded by water, the route from Persia to Greece was more direct by sea.