Today in West Civ. we watched more of the video. Here are some of the notes I took :
490 BC - 18 years after founding of Democracy
Greeks: freedom
Persians: obedience
Persian landed in Marathon then walked to Athens to attack
That's how marathon got its name because it was 26 miles from Marathon to Athens
Athens: male citizens gathered weapons
Athenians Vs, Persians = Persians had upper hand but lost..
Persians outnumbered the Athenians 2 to 1
Greek storytellers exaggerated a lot of things they said
Athens sent someone to Sparta - ran 140 miles in 2 days
the runner arrived to Sparta but Sparta said no
Themistocles was a great leader
when Athens found a lot of silver he convinced them to use the money on building triremes
they built 200 triremes
The persian attacked again but Greeks tricked them and won by sea!
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