1. Seapower and Western World Part 2 The Battle of Salamis September 480 (BCE)

2. World Map

3. Persian Empire

4. World Map

5. Greece & Aegean Sea

6. Peloponnesus Includes Sparta and Corinth Phocaea

7. Attica and Island of Euboea Includes Athens, Eritrea and Aegina Phocaea

8. Ionia Phocaea to Miletus; Samos and Chios

9. 499 BCE - Ionian Greeks Revolt Against Persia Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE 540 BCE - Ionian Greeks Fall Under Domination of Persian Empire Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great Emperor of Persia 600 – 530 BCE Phocaea

10. 490 BCE – Darius Launches Punitive Expedition Against Eritrea and Athens Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE Phocaea

11. Battle of Marathon Miltiades the Younger 550 – 489 BCE General at the Battle of Marathon

12. Phocaea Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE End of Round 1

13. Phocaea Xerxes I or Xerxes the Great Emperor of Persia 519 – 465 BCE

14. Phocaea Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General

15. Phocaea

16. Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General

19. Impact of Salamis Decisive battle defeating Persian invasion Dawn of Greek Golden Age: Philosophy, Science, Art, Poetry, etc. Foundation for future western civilization: – Greece, Rome, Christianity, Medieval Europe, Renaissance, European Colonization of North & South America, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, etc., etc.