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Battle of Marathon (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Battle of Marathon" in Simple English language version.

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44tufts.edu
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31ancient.eu
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11wiktionary.org
1,064th place
315th place

ancient.eu (Global: 7,548th place; Simple English: 1,109th place)

  • Mark Cartwright (19 May 2013). "Marathon". Ancient History Encyclopedia Limited. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

tufts.edu (Global: 192nd place; Simple English: 263rd place)

perseus.tufts.edu

wiktionary.org (Global: 1,064th place; Simple English: 315th place)

simple.wiktionary.org

  • The Persian soldiers carried a light wicker shield, a short spear and a long dagger or short curved sword.[2] They wore a tunic with little or no armor, trousers and leather boots.[2] The Persians depended on their archers to attack the enemy from a distance. But their lightweight arrows were almost useless against the well-armored hoplites.[2]