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GREECE AND PERSIA, 585-529 BC He didn't force people to adopt persian…

- - - - THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
        
        The Athenian army had only 11,000 soldiers while the Persian had 15,000. However the Greeks won the battle because they have betteer weapons and clever leaders.
        
        According to legend, a messangeer ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) to bring news of the great victory, and after crying out "Rejoice! We conquer!" the messenger fell and died.
      - THE SECOND INVATION TO GREECE
        
        Xerxes son of Darius tried to conquer Greece again in 480 BC. This time they were joined by the Persian navy. Sparta and Athens joined for the battle, the Spartans had the strongest army in Greece, meanwhile the Athens send its navy to attack the Persian navy.
        
        Spartan send 1,400 soldiers to Thermopylae, a narrow mountain pass, to slow the Persian navy because was the pass to Greek cities.
        
        The Persian asked a traitorous Greek soldier to lead them to an other pass, and attacked Spartans from behind, sorrounded Spartans and their allies fought to their deaths; after that the Persian swept into Athens and burn the city.
      - BATTLE OF SALAMIS
        
        After the burns of the city, the Athens defeated the Persian navy, they lead the Persian navy to the narrow straits of Salamis, and the Persian had so many ships that they couldn't steer well and the smaller Athenian boats sank many Persian ships. The ones that not was destroyed returned home.
      - BATTLE OF PLATAEA
        
        Soon after the Battle of Salamis, an army of all Greece, beat the Persians and defeated the Persian left Greece.
        This battle ended the Persian Wars.
- - - - DARIUS:
        
        POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
        Darius divided the empíre in 20 provinces, each province was rouled by a satrap they collected taxes, serves as judges and put down rebellions, but Darius remained the empires's real ruler.
        
        PERSIAN SOCIETY
        Darius built many roads to connect varius part of the empire. Messengers travel quickly throughout Persia. One road called Royal Road was more than 1,700 miles long.
        
        Built a new capital named Persepolis and filled with beautiful works of arts, for example 3,000 carvings, statues thorughout the city glitered with gold, silver and precious jewels. A road to send mensages
        
        PERSIAN EXPANSION
        
        Like Cyrus dirus wanted the percians empire to grow in the east he couquered the entried Indus Valley. He also tried to
        
        A new religion arose called Zoroastrianism tought about two forces, the good force and the evil force faighting for the control of the universe. Their priests urged people to help the good force.
        
        Within 4 years a young prince named Darius claimed the trone, kill all his revals and worked to restore order in Persia and improved society and expanded the impire.