Chapter 9 Vocab Flashcard

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Founder of the Persian Empire

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Cyrus the Great

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Unit of soldiers on horseback

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Cavalry

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Persian Emperor who expanded the empire.

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Darius I

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Wars between Persia and Greece in the 400s BC

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Persian Wars

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Persian emperor who invaded Greece in 480 BC

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Xerxes

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Agreement to work together

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alliance

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A war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC

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Peloponnesian Wars

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Powerful king of Macedonia

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Philip II

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Greek warriors in square formation

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Phalanx

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King of Macedonia who built the largest empire

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Alexander the Great