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This Persian King defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae

Zoroaster

Cyrus

Darius I

Xerxes

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D. Xerxes

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Modern scholars estimate that Xerxes I crossed the Hellespont with approximately 360,000 soldiers and a navy of 700 to 800 ships, reaching Greece in 480 BCE. He defeated the Spartans at Thermopylae, conquered Attica, and sacked Athens.

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