This week year 6 have been learning about the Persian wars which where a series of conflicts between the Persian Empire and the Greek city states between during the 6th and 5th centuries BC. These were important onflicts in the golden age of Greece as they established Athens as the dominant power in Greece.
The Persian Empire was a super-power in the Eastern Mediterranean. Based in modern-day Iran, the Persian Empire stretched from Greece to Egypt to Pakistan.
In the sixth century BC, the Persian Empire came in to conflict with the Greek City states when they invaded and took control of the Ionian Greek cities. This was the start of the first Greco-Persian war.
To see all of the major events of the First Persian war, click below to download.