Gombrich Ch8

a group of warriors that sailed down the Nile and conquered Egypt and spread into the Mediterranean

a group from the mountains north of Mesopotamia that built a powerful empire

a group of nomads that moved south into Greece and later became the Athenians and Spartans

a lost tribe of Phoenicians that found America and set up a settlement on the island of Nova Scotia

they worshiped the light and fought against the dark

they were Buddhists

they worshiped Baal - a common god throughout Mesopotamia

they worshiped water and the god of the rivers

Menelaus

Priam

Cyrus

Pericles

conquered the Egyptians

conquered Babylon and most of the region

conquered the Greeks

conquered India

conquered the Greeks

conquered Egypt

conquered the Babylonians

conquered the Mongolians

Nebuchadnezzar

Leonidas

Darius

Xerxes

a vastly outnumbered Greek army defeated the Persians

the Persian navy was destroyed by a storm, saving the Greeks

the Persian navy was defeated by stronger Greek ships

the Persians defeated the Greeks after a strong defense

a clear victory against the Persians by a smaller Greek army

a battle of several days where around 300 Spartans fought off the entire Persian Army before finally losing

a naval battle where 300 Greek ships defeated over 1000 Persian ships and saved Athens from destruction

a battle that lasted 300 days where the Persians were eventually defeated by the Spartans

the son of Darius that attacked Greece

the father of Cyrus that told him to build an empire

the general of the Persians sent by the emperor to conquer Greece

the queen of the Persians that led her army into battle in Egypt

The Greek navy defeated the Persian navy

the Persian army burned Athens

the Persians defeated the Spartans at Plataea

a storm destroyed the Persian navy