CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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The Persian foot soldiers marched on to Athens. What did they do?
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They attacked the Athenians
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They captured the Athenians and made them slaves.
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The Athenians were hiding and attacked when the Persians weren’t expecting it.
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Finding the city almost deserted, the Persians set it on fire.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They killed every soldier guarding the pass and then marched on Athens. Finding the city almost deserted, they set it on fire. Then, the Greeks tricked the Persians fleet into sailing into the strait between Athens and Salamis .
Detailed explanation-2: -The invasion, consisting of two distinct campaigns, was ordered by the Persian king Darius the Great primarily in order to punish the city-states of Athens and Eretria.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Persian wars, the Persians burned Athens to the ground, in 480 B.C.E, after defeating the Greeks in the Battle of Thermopylae. The Greeks eventually defeated the Persians, but the wars left Athens in ruins.
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