CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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The city was deserted
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A huge army of the united Greek city-states
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A fortified city ready to withstand a long siege
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A city that was ready to surrender and become part of the Persian Empire
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The city had been burned down and destroyed
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Persian army continued to march on Greece. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -After being delayed by Leonidas I, the Spartan king of the Agiad Dynasty, at the Battle of Thermopylae (a battle made famous due to the sheer imbalance of forces, with 300 Spartans facing the entire Persian Army), Xerxes advanced into Attica, where he captured and burned Athens.
Detailed explanation-3: -The army of Athens routed the Persian army killing around 6, 000 Persians and only losing 192 Greeks. After the battle, the Athenian army ran the 25 miles back to Athens in order to prevent the Persians from attacking the city.