CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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The Greeks became friends with the Persians.
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The Persians defeated the Greeks and took over Greece.
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The Greeks defeated the Persians by using a wise strategy.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The battle proved the superiority of the Greek long spear, sword, and armour over the Persians’ weapons. According to legend, an Athenian messenger was sent from Marathon to Athens, a distance of about 25 miles (40 km), and there he announced the Persian defeat before dying of exhaustion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Still further, defeat at Marathon would mean the complete defeat of Athens, since no other Athenian army existed. The Athenian strategy was therefore to keep the Persian army pinned down at Marathon, blocking both exits from the plain, and thus preventing themselves from being outmaneuvered.
Detailed explanation-3: -What Was the Battle of Marathon? The Battle of Marathon was fought between a Persian army and a mostly Athenian Greek army in 490 BCE during the first Greco-Persian War. The outnumbered Athenians famously defeated the Persian armies on the beach of Marathon, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Athens.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians on the plain of Marathon? because the persian commander get tired of waiting and ordered his troops back onto the ships and the Greeks attacked. When Xerxes invaded Greece, what two city-states joined forces?