[DOC] [TLE] This question originally aired on July 3, 1997... | Jeopardy Questions ... [PAR] Jul 3, 1997 ... Category: HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY Question: Xerxes built a bridge of boats 
across it to invade Greece; Leander could have walked. Answer:... [DOC] [TLE] Xerxes' Pontoon Bridges - Wikipedia [PAR] Xerxes' Pontoon Bridges were constructed in 480 BC during the second Persian 
invasion of Greece upon the order of Xerxes I ... Xerxes was enraged and had 
those responsible for building the bridges beheaded. .... Ships in the center of the 
strait would thus have had to use anchor ropes with a length of several hundred... [DOC] [TLE] Crossing The Hellespont: A Study In Ancient Logistics. - Unisa [PAR] Greece. A generation after the event, Herodotus wrote of that invasion. Being a 
Greek gentleman, he would probably have had some military experience in his 
youth, but his ... estimate must be made of the size of Xerxes' army, a matter long 
the subject of ..... ships that had been built for the bridge, to ferry the troops across
. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Xerxes Invades Greece [PAR] In this section, Herodotus relates the invasion of the Greek mainland by the ... 
What need have I to tell you of the deeds of Cyrus and Cambyses, and my own 
father ... My intent is to throw a bridge over the Hellespont and march an army .... 
Xerxes, after this, made preparations to advance to Abydos, where the bridge 
across... [DOC] [TLE] In the footsteps of Alexander the Great | Public Radio International [PAR] Apr 15, 2010 ... The Dardanelles Strait has served as a launch pad for some of ... Xerxes had 
built a bridge of boats here to usher his army across the strait and into battle with 
the Greeks. Leander swam this channel nightly to be with the priestess, Hero. ... 
though, one can almost envision the sprawling Greek army laying... [DOC] [TLE] Norman Holbrook VC and the B11 | Submarines in the Dardanelles ... [PAR] The B11 was the last of the British B class submarines to be built between ... to 
shore in 480 BC, Xerxes, King of Persia, built a great bridge of boats and led his 
... In 479 BC, he fled back across the straits into Asia after his defeat by the 
Greeks. ... Messudiye when the B11 and its crew would have been the toast of 
the fleet. [DOC] [TLE] Walking like kings - smh.com.au [PAR] May 18, 2002 ... The attack was folly and achieved nothing, but Australian troops' ... Helen, the 
most beautiful woman in Greece, fled to Troy with Paris, thereby sparking the 
Trojan War. ... and Persian emperor Xerxes building his bridge of boats across 
the ... Only a few Anzacs would have been familiar with the history, the... [DOC] [TLE] Ron Fritze: Istanbul - CornDancer [PAR] Nov 7, 2011 ... that no one would have believed it to be true ... Twylia and I had planned to walk 
the walls but, alas, the cold and rain put a stop to that plan. ..... The ancient 
Greeks believed that a man named Leander swan the Dardanelles ... Later when 
Xerxes invaded Greece, his troops built a bridge of boats across the... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greece and the Classical World - The Word Travels [PAR] Tours & Walks ... It is here that the Persian King Xerxes, in 480 BC, had a bridge 
of boats constructed to provide a crossing for his army to invade Ancient Greece. 
... And it is also the scene of the legendary story of Hero and Leander. ... more 
than I could possibly do on any kind of glory, political, poetical, or rhetorical.. [DOC] [TLE] Troy | Turkish Odyssey [PAR] In the 5C BC the Persian King Xerxes built a pontoon bridge which stretched from 
Abydus to Sestus on his expedition against the Greeks. ... Each night, guided by 
a lamp placed by Hero, Leander swam across the strait to be with her. ... The 
Turkish Straits have possessed an enormous strategic importance as a result of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] HELLESPONT  E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM  Definition of ... [PAR] The

Question: Xerxes built a bridge of boats across it to invade Greece; Leander could have walked
Answer: Hellespont