Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Complete the following paragraph about the Persian Wars.

The Persian Wars began when the helped the Ionian people revolt against the Persians. From that time, the Greeks and Persians became enemies. They fought a series of wars over 50 years. started the first war to punish the Greeks for their support of the Ionian revolt. The Greeks defeated his forces at the . But after his death, his son Xerxes I sent the Persian military to invade Greece again. In 479 BC, the fighting ended with .

1st Blank Options:
A. Babylonians
B. Medes
C. Athenians

2nd Blank Options:
A. Darius I
B. Cyrus the Great
C. Xerxes

3rd Blank Options:
A. Battle of Marathon
B. Battle of Thermopylae
C. Battle of Athens
D. Battle of Plataea

4th Blank Options:
A. a lasting peace between Persia and Greece
B. a clear victory for the Greeks and the withdraw of the Persian forces
C. a deadlock, with each side unable to defeat the other
D. a decisive victory for the Persians and the surrender of the Greeks

The Persian Wars began when the  Athenians  helped the Ionian people revolt against the Persians. From that time, the Greeks and Persians became enemies. They fought a series of wars over 50 years.  Darius I  started the first war to punish the Greeks for their support of the Ionian revolt. The Greeks defeated his forces at the  Battle of Marathon . But after his death, his son Xerxes I sent the Persian military to invade Greece again. In 479 BC, the fighting ended with  a clear victory for the Greeks and the withdrawal of the Persian forces .

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