Mr. Koch

World History A

Forest Lake High School

Darius I invades at Marathon retaliation for Ionian uprising

Led by Themistocles, Athenians win though outnumberedBuild up warships for future

attacks

Xerxes (son of Darius) sends larger invasionAthenians now have

support of other GreeksSpartans fiercely

resisted at Thermopylae (but lost)

Persians burn abandoned city of Athens

Athenians win naval victory at Salamis, then on land in Asia Minor

Athens now most powerful Greek stateCreate alliance with

other Greek states – Delian League

Under leadership of Pericles, Athens becomes cultural centerDevelop system of

direct democracy – but not for all

Peloponnesian League – formed by Sparta and allies against Athens431 BC - Spartans invade

Athens (war lasts 27 years)People overcrowded

behind city’s walls - many die of disease

Sparta eventually allies with Persia and captures cityAthens still cultural center,

but never the same