Ancient Greece By gigi.fox Jan 1, 776 776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games ) Jan 1, 1100 1100 BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast. Jan 1, 1400 1400 BC Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World Jan 1, 2000 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes ) Jul 21, 2011 490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon Mar 2, 2022 899‐800 BC New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop Mar 2, 2022 800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD Mar 2, 2022 509 BC Democracy develops Mar 2, 2022 480 BC Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they
