CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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What Persian King led the second invasion of Greece after crossing the Hellespont on a bridge of boats?
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Darius I
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Xerxes
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Herodotus
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Pericles
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Modern scholars estimate that Xerxes I crossed the Hellespont with approximately 360, 000 soldiers and a navy of 700 to 800 ships, reaching Greece in 480 BCE. He defeated the Spartans at Thermopylae, conquered Attica, and sacked Athens.
Detailed explanation-2: -The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece.
Detailed explanation-3: -On arriving at the Hellespont, Xerxes found the bridge of boats destroyed by a storm, and he crossed over to Asia by ship.
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