CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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The following information describes which of the Persian Wars:Greeks led Persians into a narrow strait of water and then easily sank many Persian ships (because of their large size) causing the Persians to retreat.
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Thermopylae
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Salamis
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Plataea
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Marathon
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Salamis, (480 bc), battle in the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the Athenian port-city of Piraeus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore, by rowing into the Straits of Salamis to attack the Greeks, the Persians were playing into the Allies’ hands.
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