100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 2000 M01 1 - 474 pages Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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Page 11
... Persian Empire . As mentioned earlier , a pro - Persian faction existed in Athens to respond to this call for action . As the Persian forces sailed for Greece , the Greeks were in disarray , with political infight- ing taking place in ...
... Persian Empire . As mentioned earlier , a pro - Persian faction existed in Athens to respond to this call for action . As the Persian forces sailed for Greece , the Greeks were in disarray , with political infight- ing taking place in ...
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... Persian cavalry , for which the Greeks had no corresponding forces of their own , were not present , having been taken to the northern marsh to water . With the cavalry being more than a mile away and on the other side of the fast ...
... Persian cavalry , for which the Greeks had no corresponding forces of their own , were not present , having been taken to the northern marsh to water . With the cavalry being more than a mile away and on the other side of the fast ...
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... Persian army was exhausted . Darius deployed his army in traditional style : primarily infantry in the center and cav- alry on the flanks , with the chariots spread out along the front and the elephants front and center . It was an army ...
... Persian army was exhausted . Darius deployed his army in traditional style : primarily infantry in the center and cav- alry on the flanks , with the chariots spread out along the front and the elephants front and center . It was an army ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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