CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Cyrus the Great
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Xerxes
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Pericles
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Cambyses
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Detailed explanation-1: -Themistocles was hailed as a hero, and he was able to lead the Athenians back to their city. Xerxes, on the other hand, was so dismayed by his defeat that he personally returned to his capital city of Susa in Persia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Xerxes defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE and conquered Athens, but then was defeated at the Battle of Salamis in the same year. He returned to Persia to focus on monumental building projects, but his bankrupting of the treasury and personal affairs led to his downfall.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Athenians marched out to Marathon with a force of 10, 000 hoplites. Looking down from the mountain, the Athenian commander, Miltiades, could see that he was severely out-numbered by the Persian invaders. Miltiades was the perfect commander for this battle, since he was once a general in the Persian army.