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Battle At Thermopylae

The Battle of Thermopylae was a significant battle in the Greco-Persian Wars, fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in August 480 BC. The battle took place at the narrow Thermopylae pass, which connected the northern and southern Greek mainland. The Greek alliance, which was led by King Leonidas I of Sparta, numbere...

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Xerxes Plans To Conquer Greece

King Xerxes` gathering of an army, and his march to conquer Greece. King Xerxes, son of Darius, ascended to the throne of Persia after his father's death in 486 BC. After securing the throne, Xerxes began to muster forces to invade Greece. By 480 BC, the army he assembled had approximately 100,000 to 180,000 men and a fleet of nearly 600 ships, qui...

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Ships Of The Ancient Greeks

A collection of images from various sources. Model of Greek Bireme of the Trojan War 1250 B.C. from Hobby World Of Montreal. Greek Bireme circa 500 BC. A Greek Ship Trireme full scale reconstruction circa 400-BCE in Dry Dock, Trireme Model A Greek Warship of Trireme Class, Vases, Coins. [Ships] [Ancient Greece]...

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Hellespont

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Pictures of Ancient Greek Boats - Bireme 1

Ancient Greek Methods of Boating and Sailing by Kenny McMahon and Nick Chadha [Ships] [Ancient Greece]...

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Pictures of Ancient Greek Boats - Construction/ Oarsmen

Ancient Greek Methods of Boating and Sailing by Kenny McMahon, Nick Chadha, and Paul Hotchkiss. [Ships] [Ancient Greece]...

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The Battles of Salamis and Plataea

King Xerxes, upon seeing his great defeat at Salamis, headed back to Persia with what was left of his navy and part of his army. [Famous Battles] [Ancient Greece]...

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Ships Of The Ancient Greeks

The naval Greek history does not have a concrete point of beginning. Roots are lost in depths of centuries of history of human gender. In a geographic space within 150 km. from the sea, the Greeks from the prehistoric years developed societies as a rule coastal. As most of the interior land is mountainous and difficult to farm, Greeks have to explo...

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Pictures of Ancient Greek Boats

Ancient Greek Methods of Boating and Sailing by Kenny McMahon, Nick Chadha, and Paul Hotchkiss. Boating and sailing became very important to the Greek way of life. The Greeks needed ways to import and export trade goods both within Greece and to other countries. The mountainous terrain of Greece made sailing the easiest way. Wars also caused countr...

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Empires and Cities (Greece)

Until this section is finished being indexed into the main database you can click here to see a list of links including the Bible History Online general resources on this subject, although many of these links are outdated. [Ancient Greece]...

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