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Greco-Persian Wars: Media

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What was the Battle of Marathon?
Overview of the Battle of Marathon.
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Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis (480 bce), in which Greece...
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Darius I
Darius I seated before two incense burners, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard...
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Achaemenian dynasty
The Achaemenian Empire in the 6th and 5th centuries bce.
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ancient Greece
This map shows the chief cities and divisions of ancient Greece, which included settlements...
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Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon, detail of a relief from a Roman sarcophagus, 2nd century
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Xerxes I
Xerxes I, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard in the Treasury of Persepolis,...
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Jacques-Louis David: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Leonidas at Thermopylae, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1814; in...
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