In 480 B.C., the new Persian king sent a massive army across the Hellespont to Thermopylae, where 60,000 Persian troops defeated 5,000 Greeks. The year after that, however, the Greeks defeated the Persians for good at the battle of Salamis.
1. (Weightlifting) the sport of lifting barbells of specified weights in a prescribed manner for competition or exercise.
Best Answer: your wording, you are not from america, but i figured it out. lifting tackle is an overhead stationary pulley. it is for lifting heavy objects. lifting tackle is an overhead stationary pulley (pulley is a wheel) that is designed to spin with a chain or rope.