a) They sent a runner to Athens to tell them of the victory and he said, "Victory is ours!" and then died of exhaustion is your answer.
The Battle of Marathon was well known, because while Athens was able to beat the much stronger Persian army, it was also where the term "marathon", and the event that "marathon" is used to describe was born.
The runner that they sent ran non-stop (typical of a marathon) from the battle field to Athens to deliver the news of victory. However, after getting there & delivering the news, he died, possibly from exhaustion.
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What is the message of the cartoon below?
(Mikhail Gorbachev is the man pictured holding the baby)
a
Mikhail Gorbachev was immature and weak
b
Glasnost helped bring unity and order in the Soviet Union
c
Gasnost had little impact on Gorbachev and the Soviet Union
d
Gorbachev's idea of glasnost hurt is ability to control the Soviet Union
e
Freedom and democracy are bad policies for all countries
E
It would be John Locke, because the founding fathers believed in preserving the natural rights of man.
Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
