Greece

Barbarians- a person living outside north of the Roman empire; meaning "anyone who is not Greek"; a fierce, brutal, insenstive, uncultured,and cruel person; pretty much anyone who didnt live in Greece

Ionia- the ancient regionof central coastal Anatolia in present day Turkey; the city of Ionia was founded by colonist from the other side of the Aegean sea; a larger part of the area was covered in mountains; none of the mountains were larger then 4,00 feet; it has three extremely fertile valleys that rivers ran through; very strategic.

Cyrus the Great- means "sun-like" in Greek' Father of the iranian nations; Cyrus founded the first world empire

Darius the Great- he was the kinda of Persia; was known to be one of the greatest ruler of the Persian Dynasty; was known for strengthen the empire and  protect his people; Invaded Greece to punish them

Battle of Marathon- the date may have been August or September 12 490 BC; Greeks left their mainland and ended up in Ionia; Ionia was later taken over by Peria; the Greeks didnt like the way the Persians ruled and they out in battle; important even for the Greek cause it was the first victory in the Persian war

Xerxes- was the king of Persia in 486 BC; when he came into he started to plan to invade Greece;

Leonitdas- one of the first kings to go under spartan training;

Peloponnese