CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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True/ False:The Persians defeated the Greeks at Marathon.
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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 army of Athens defeated the Persian army killing around 6, 000 Persians and only losing 192 Greeks.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the ensuing battle, Miltiades led his contingent of 10, 000 Athenians and 1, 000 Plataeans to victory over the Persian force of 15, 000 by reinforcing his battle line’s flanks and thus decoying the Persians’ best troops into pushing back his centre, where they were surrounded by the inward-wheeling Greek wings.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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