CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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to get into the Aegean Sea
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to go from Asia into Europe
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to take the Greeks by surprise
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to escape through the mountains
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Detailed explanation-1: -In order to launch his invasion of Greece, King Xerxes planned to cross the Hellespont. Known in modern times as the Dardanelles Strait, this pivotal channel guards the gap between mainland Asia and the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Detailed explanation-2: -Xerxes’ anger was directed not just at the engineers–who literally lost their heads–but also at the Hellespont. The waters were whipped 300 times and shackles dropped into them as a mark of enslavement.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 480 bce the Persian army of Xerxes I crossed the strait by a bridge of boats. Alexander the Great did the same in 334 bce on his expedition against Persia. The strait has always been of great strategic and economic importance as the gateway to Istanbul and the Black Sea from the Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alexander’s army crossed the Hellespont in 334 BC with approximately 48, 100 soldiers, 6, 100 cavalry and a fleet of 120 ships with crews numbering 38, 000. The men were drawn from Macedon and various Greek city-states, mercenaries, and feudally raised soldiers from Thrace, Paionia, and Illyria.