Answer :
Answer:
1. At stake is nothing less than the future of Greece, a country of islands and which lie just outside of the reach of the greatest empire of the known world: the Persian Empire.
2. Persia was the world's golden city of its day.
3. Who was Themistocles?
Themistocles was a renowned Athenian politician and naval strategist who created the Athenian sea power. He saved Greece from the Persian empire by ensuring victory at the battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
4. The city-states had no sense of a national government.
5. Describe 3 interesting facts about the Greek Trireme:
a. It was a long ship with three prominent banks of oars.
b. It featured a battering ram with a bronze tip.
c. It could be described as a guided missile that used its battering ram to do damage to enemy ships.
6. Themistocles lured the Persian fleet into the Straits of Salamis.
7. Who won the battle of Salamis? The Greeks led by Themistocles won the battle.
8. By 1300 BC, a people speaking an early form of the Greek language had inhabited large portions of mainland Greece. They were known as the Minoans Phoenicians Mycenaeans Romans.
9. According to myth, it was from this city that the Mycenaeans were led by a king named Odysseus whose epic struggles were written down by Homer, the 8th century BC poet, in two of history's most famous tales: The Iliad and the Odyssey.
10. According to the Greeks, Homer was a Greek king.
11. The Mycenaeans were the first to build the Corbelled bal
Explanation:
Greek was an ancient naval power. With its Triremes, it was able to deal a deadly blow to the Persians. Odysseus was the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and hero of Homer's epic poem, named Odyssey. Legendary stories had it that after the battle of Salamis, King Odysseus wandered for 10 years before reaching his palace.