Battles That Changed History

Find these battles that changed history, given the countries fighting, where they happened, the dates, and the war they were apart of.

All battles before 1000 CE

Battles according to the Smithsonian

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Hint	Answer
Where: Central Greece Who: Persian Empire vs. Athens and Plataea When: 490 BCE War: Greco-Persian	Marathon
Where: Central Greece Who: Greece vs. Persia When: 480 BCE War: Greco-Persian	Thermopylae
Where: Western Greece Who: Sparta and Athens vs. Persia When: 480 BCE War: Greco-Persian	Salamis
Where: Southern Turkey Who: Macedonia vs. Persia When: 333 BCE War: Conquest of Alexander the Great	Issus
Where: Modern-Day Iraqi Kurdistan Who: Macedon and Hellenic League vs. Achaemenid Empire When: 331 BCE War: Conquest of Alexander the Great	Gaugamela
Where: Southern Italy Who: Carthage vs. Roman Republic When: 216 BCE War: Second Punic War	Cannae

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Where: Central France Who: Roman Empire vs. Gaul When: 52 BCE War: Caesar's Gallic War	Alesia
Where: Western Greece Who: Octavian vs. Mark Antony and Egypt When: 31 BCE War: Republican Civil War	Actium
Where: Eastern China Who: Han Loyalists vs. Rebel Alliance When: 208 CE War: Late Han Civil War	Red Cliffs
Where: Northwestern Turkey Who: Roman Empire vs. Gothic Tribes When: 378 CE War: Roman-Gothic Wars	Adrianople
Where: Central France Who: Franks vs. Umayyad Caliphate When: 732 CE War: Umayyad Invasion of Gaul	Tours
Where: Bavaria Who: East Franks vs. Magyars When: 955 CE War: Magyar Invasions	Lechfeld