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7HCC - Historical Inquiry - A Significant Event: Battle of Thermopylae

Battle of Thermopylae

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Online encyclopaedias are great for short, concise and correct information. It may be best to access these articles from the Online encyclopaedias page through the Hale portal. Ready made citations are available.



 
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Suggested searches include:

  • Britannica - Persian Wars
  • Britannica - Thermopylae
  • World Book - Thermopylae
  • World Book - Leonidas I
  • World Book - Sparta

YouTube - The Battle of Thermopylae : Last Stand of The Greeks - Military History Animated.

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YouTube - Decisive Battles - Thermopylae (Greece vs Persia)

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Reference Generator

It is important to provide evidence of using a variety of reliable resources. Use the online Reference Generator available through the Portal to create your citations. Make sure you alphabetically sort them afterwards.

A sample bibliography for 3 resources suggested on these pages would look like:

Battle of Thermopylae 2019. Britannica School. Retrieved 17 May 2019, from https://school.eb.com.au/levels/high/article/Battle-of-Thermopylae/473472

MacDonogh, G 2010, The great battles, Quercus, London.

‘Sparta’ 2019, in Ancient History Encyclopedia, accessed 17 May 2019, <https://www.ancient.eu/sparta/>.