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	Battle of Mycale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Mycale was one of the two major battles that ended the Persian invasion of Greece, during the Greco-Persian Wars.
		The battle took place on or about August 27, 479 BC on the slopes of Mount Mycale, in mainland Ionia opposite the island of Samos.
		The Battle of Plataea on the same day on the Greek mainland was a victory as well, and the Persians were forced to leave both Greece and Ionia and retreat inland, thereby ending Persian rule.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Mycale (770 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle-of-Marathon
		The Battle of Ephesus (498 BC) was a battle in the Ionian Revolt.
		The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between the Greek city-states and Persia, fought in September, 480 BC in the straits between Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens, Greece.
		The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Marathon (2908 words)

	Battle of Mycale: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Battle of Mycale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Mycale was one of the two major battles that ended the Persian Wars[?] and returned freedom to the Greek city-states.
		The Battle of Plataea[?] on the same day on the Greek mainland was a victory as well, and the Persans were forced to leave both Greece and Ionia and retreat inland, thereby ending Persian rule.
		They sailed to the nearly pennisula of Mycale just to the east of the city, and formed a wall out of a number of their ships, dragging the rest onto the beach.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ba/Battle-of-Mycale.html (694 words)

	Battle of Plataea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Plataea took place in 479 BC between an alliance of Greek city-states Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Megara, and others against the Persians.
		The Spartans knew the importance of this battle, it was the Greek city states fighting for their existence against the Persian forces.
		According to tradition, the battle of Mycale occurred on the same day, with the Greek fleet destroying the Persians in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Ionia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Plataea (811 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ionia
		In addition to the Panionic festival at Mycale, which was celebrated mainly by the Asian Ionians, both European and Asian coast Ionians convened on Delos Island each summer to worship at the temple of the Delian Apollo.
		Mycale (also MycÇŽlÃ©, MukalÃª, Mykale and Mycali; called Samsun DaÄŸi in modern Turkey) is a mountain on the west coast of central Anatolia in Turkey, north of the mouth of the Maeander and opposite the island of Samos.
		The victories of the Greeks during the great Persian war had the effect of enfranchizing their kinsmen on the other side of the Aegean; and the battle of Mycale (479 BC), in which the defeat of the Persians was in great measure owing to the Ionians, secured their emancipation.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ionia (4060 words)

	Battle of Mycale -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Mycale was one of the two major battles that ended the (Click link for more info and facts about Persian Wars) Persian Wars and returned freedom to the (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek city-states.
		The battle took place on or about August 27, 479 BC outside the (Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks) Ionian city of (Click link for more info and facts about Samos) Samos.
		Mycale resulted in the destruction of the main (An empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC) Persian forces in Ionia, as well as their (The largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia) Mediterranean fleet.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_Mycale.htm (867 words)

	Ancient Persia
		Mycale, on the shores of Anatolia, near the island of Samos was the site of one of the last battles of the 'Second Persian War'.
		The battle is described as a naval battle as it ended with the destruction of the last of the Persian fleet in the Aegean, but all fighting took place on land.
		The battle may still have continued for sometime with no side certain of victory had it not been for the desertion of the Ionian Greeks who joined in the attack on the Persians.
	www.ancientpersia.com /war/mycale.htm (687 words)

	Artabazus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The elder Artabazus, son of Pharnaces, was one of the generals in Xerxes' invasion of Greece, in charge of the reserve forces guarding the route back to Asia, and responsible for suppressing a revolt in Potidaea.
		The invasion ended with Mardonius, ignoring advice from Artabazus and others, met the Greeks in pitched battle at Plataea, and was defeated (479 BC).
		The Greeks followed up their victory by sailing to Ionia, where they destroyed the garrisoning forces under Tigranes at Mycale in the same year.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artabazus (293 words)

	Battle of Mycale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mycale resulted in the destruction of the main Persian forces inIonia, as well as their Mediterranean fleet.
		The Battle of Plataea on the same day on the Greek mainland was a victory aswell, and the Persians were forced to leave both Greece and Ionia and retreat inland,thereby ending Persian rule.
		They then charged forward to the attack alone, and after a short battle the Persians,led by Artaÿntes, were forced to retreat to the fort they had constructed further inland.
	www.therfcc.org /battle-of-mycale-92925.html (701 words)

	The First and Second Wars of Succession -- Combat and Tactics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is unlikely that Mycale had a personal hand in any of the stratagems used during the war.) Already in possession of the Selicande Lycaeum and the Castle of Twelve, Mycale sought to take control of yet another major building, to use it as a command post and mustering point.
		Mycale's speeches were never transcribed, so it is impossible to perform a comparison, but given what later emerged regarding Castomira, it is well within the realm of possibility that she seeded Mycale's speech with a weakened version of the Tsol'teth Litany of Obedience, its arcane powers fueled by the lives of innocents.
		Mycale's men, however, coming straight from the invigorating presence of their newly-charismatic ruler, were without fear, and eager to do battle.
	www.achaea.com /art-lit/seleucar2/seleucar003.html (2337 words)

	Pericles. Plutarch. 1909-14. Plutarch’s Lives. The Harvard Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She was a Phocæan by birth, the daughter of one Hermotimus, and, when Cyrus fell in battle, was carried to the king, and had great influence at court.
		For on his departure, Melissus, the son of Ithagenes, a philosopher, being at that time general in Samos, despising either the small number of the ships that were left or the inexperience of the commanders, prevailed with the citizens to attack the Athenians.
		And the Samians having won the battle, and taken several of the men prisoners, and disabled several of the ships, were masters of the sea, and brought into port all necessaries they wanted for the war, which they had not before.
	www.bartleby.com /12/2.html (6557 words)

	The ten-horned beast: Alexander the Great. (3) Beginning of the war against Persia
		Alexander and Parmenion moved in their direction, convinced that it would be an easy battle: after all, the Macedonians were superior in numbers and equipment.
		The official motive for the expedition to Asia was to liberate the Greek cities in the Achaemenid empire and to punish the Persians for the expedition of Xerxes, a century and a half ago.
		Immediately after the battle at the Granicus, Alexander appointed a Macedonian trustee as satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, and not much later, Asander, a brother of Parmenion, became satrap of Lydia.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander03.html (1233 words)

	Knowledge King - Battle of Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Plataea took place in 479 BC between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persians.
		According to Herodotus only 43 000 of the 300 000 Persians survived the battle, while the Greeks as a whole lost only 159 men.
		This ended the Persian War, although the Persians continued to interfere in Greek politics until they were conquered in the 4th century BC by Alexander the Great.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_plataea.html (663 words)

	mardonius
		He was relieved of command by Darius, who led the invasion of Greece himself in 490 BC, and was defeated at the Battle of Marathon.
		He was present at the Battle of Thermopylae, and after the Persian defeat at the Battle of Salamis, he attempted to convince Xerxes to stay and fight yet another battle.
		His head was cut off and placed on a stake, just as he had done to Leonidas at Thermopylae, and his body was never recovered by the remnant of the Persian army.
	www.fact-library.com /mardonius.html (465 words)

	Battle of Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After the Battle of Salamis, Xerxes I returned to Persia, leaving Mardonius in charge of theconquered Greek territories.
		According to tradition, the Battle of Mycale occurred on thesame day, with the Greek fleet destroying the Persians in the Aegean Sea offthe coast of Ionia.
		A bronze column in the shape of intertwined snakes was created from the treasure acquired in the plunder of the Persian camp,which commemorated all the Greek city-states who participated in the battle.
	www.therfcc.org /battle-of-plataea-76110.html (627 words)

	Batalla de Mycale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		La batalla de Mycale era una de las dos batallas principales que terminaron las guerras persas y libertad vuelta a los ciudad-estados griegos.
		Mycale dio lugar a la destrucción de las fuerzas persas principales en Ionia, así como su flota mediterránea.
		Navegaron casi a la península de Mycale apenas a al este de la ciudad, y formaron una pared fuera de un número de sus naves, arrastrando el resto sobre la playa.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ba/Batalla%20de%20Mycale.htm (773 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lampsacus
		The "great king" gave its territory to Themistocles that he might supply himself with its wine, which was very famous; but the city itself continued to be governed by native tyrants.
		After the battle of Mycale (479 B.C.), Lampsacus joined the Athenians, but revolted after the unsuccessful expedition to Sicily; being unfortified, however, it was easily recaptured by the fleet of Strombichides.
		After the death of Alexander, it was forced to defend itself against the attacks of Antiochus of Syria.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08770b.htm (506 words)

	Anatolia: Cilicians, Ionians and Lycians: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The area was first colonized by the Ionians in the 12th century BCE and reached its zenith in the sixth and seventh centuries.
		The Ionians were accustomed to hold an assemblage of all their member states and hold sacrifice to the God Poseidon in a place called Mycale- later the PanIonia was held in Ephesus.
		Miletus- German archeologists have uncovered the remains of a Creto-Mycenaean settlement dating from the 16th century BCE Ionian invaders made their appearance here in the 11th century.
	www.juyayay.com /outline/anatolia/politics05.html (1583 words)

	Turkish Odyssey/Places of Interest/Aegean/Priene-Miletus-Didyma
		Priene was laid out on a Hippodamian system of grid plan at the foot of a spectacular cliff on Mount Mycale and contained many famous examples of Hellenistic art and architecture.
		This last battle was that of Lade in 494 BC, just outside the harbor of Miletus where the Persian fleet of 600 warships defeated the Ionian force.
		The role of Miletus was significant in the defeat of the Persians at the Mycale battle in 479 BC.
	www.turkishodyssey.com /places/aegean/aegean4.htm (2284 words)

	Samos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The island with its new prosperity caused the competitive malice of Athens with the instigation of Aspasia, wife of general Pericles, who came from Militos a city that was a rival to Samos.
		He is said to have taken booty from his enemies and his friends, but he returned it to his friends pointing out that taking it and then returning it made him more popular than if he had not taken anything from them.
		He gathered together the mothers of those who had been killed in battle are assigned them to the richer citizens, telling them to look after the women and to regard them as their own mothers.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/samos1.htm (4502 words)

	History of Ancient Corinth/Korinth
		During the Persian invasion of Greece, Corinth was chosen as the headquarters of the Hellenic league and took part in the battle of Salamis (480 BC), with forty ships under the command of Adeimantos.
		It took part also at the battle of Plataea (479 BC) with five thousands heavy armed infantry, as well in the naval battle of Mycale, where they came second in valor after the Athenians.
		A battle against Corinthian democrats, Argives and Athenians, under the leadership of Iphicrates followed and ended in massacre of the democrats, though the Spartans failed to take control of the city.
	www.sikyon.com /Korinth/history_eg.html (1866 words)

	ancient history resource page
		An example of the the course for an ancient history class is: Hatshepsut (Personality), The Greek World 440-399BC (Historical Period), Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuktra (Society) and Athenian Society in the time of Perikles (this class has chosen to do an extra society as their fouth topic).
		The site is a large collection of translations of the accounts of some prominant ancinet battles from the perspective of either the Romans or the Egyptians.
		It contains information on all the major battles as well as timelines and maps which are crucial to students studying this at the HSC level.
	scs.une.edu.au /StudentFiles/HomePages/312_1_02/bens_webpage/ben.html (1009 words)

	Greece from War with Persia to Pericles: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Persians lost a battle and took refuge in the 'White Fortress' 462-461 BCE Diod XI.74; Thuc.
		Cimon in Asia Minor: departing from Byzantium he took Eion from the Persians (476); later he campaigned in Lycia and Caria; naval battle in Cyprus c.
		A land quarrel between the Megarians and the Corinthians arose- the Megarians allied themselves with the Athenians.
	www.juyayay.com /outline/greece/politics01.html (758 words)

	Ancient Greek Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Here are the Greek battles done so far.
		Each page will have 2 or more battles chronicled to a length that I have chosen.
		Battle of Marathon, Battle of Thermopylae, Battle of Artemisium, Battle of Salamis
	www.geocities.com /caesarkevin/battles/battles.html (306 words)

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