From the Primary sources that we have on Greece and Persia, how do you think things would have been different if the Persians had won the Persian wars. (Have a thesis and primary sources to back it up. You may take like 25 minutes on this question. On the exam he is going to have us write outlines, instead of essays.)
Paragraph 1- Introduction- Give background info on the Persian wars.
Topic sentence- What if the course of history had been changed, due to just one war? But this war was one of the most influential, important wars in history.
Thesis: The world would not be the one we know if Persia had won the wars; the whole course of history would be changed.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis
Paragraph 2- Tell what happened at the end of the wars, including the Athenians victory at the final battle.
Xerxes(Persia)- "I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians for the wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father." (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-xerxes.html).
Xerxes(Persia)- "we shall extend the Persian territory as far as God's heaven reaches. The sun will then shine on no land beyond our borders; for I will pass through Europe from one end to the other, and with your aid make of all the lands which it contains one country." same link as above quote
Wikipedia on Xerxes- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia
These quotes show what the Persian ruler was planning to do when invading Greece.
Paragraph 3- Tell what would have happened if the Persians had won the war.
Here is a quote of some of the intentions of Xerxes, and more things like this would happen if the Persians had won the war. "My intent is to throw a bridge over the Hellespont and march an army through Europe against Greece" (same link as above)
Paragraph 4- Give different examples of things in history that would be different if the Persians had won.
The declaration of independence would not have happened if the Persians had won, they probably would have gone on to conquer the world. "When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth." (http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm)
Paragraph 5- Conclusion
Restate thesis- The world would not be the one we know if Persia had won the wars; the whole course of history would be changed.
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