CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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True/ False:The Persian Empire had a full-time professional army; Athens had a volunteer army.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Persian Empire had a full-time professional army; Athens had a volunteer army. Roughly how big was the Persian empire? As big as the continental U.S.
Detailed explanation-2: -It’s estimated that King Darius III of Persia was in command of a total of 2.5 million soldiers spread across his vast empire. At the heart of the Persian army were the “Immortals, ‘’ an elite regiment of 10, 000 infantrymen whose numbers never changed.
Detailed explanation-3: -When they arrived at the city of Athens, they found it deserted. The people of Athens had fled. The Athenian fleet, however, was waiting off the coast by the island of Salamis. The much larger Persian fleet attacked the small Athenian ships.
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