Xerxes Flashcards

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how many Greek were there at the battle of thermoplyae?

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7000 greeks

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How long did Xerxes spend prepearing for his invasion of Greece?

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4 years

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How long did Xerxes spend prepearing for his invasion of Greece?

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4 years

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How big do Historians recon the size of his army was?

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between 60 to 80 thousnad men at most it was 120 thousand men

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what examples do we have of Xerxes showing off his might in his prepearation to the invasion of Greece?

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he cut a canal through mount athos, he built 2 beidges over the hellaspont. he got 120thousand men.

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Xerxes took all his friends and family with him in the invasion of greece what infrences can we make from this?

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we can tell that Xerxes is all or nothing becuase he has taken everything with him.
we can also tell that Xerxes is confident in his invasion.

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