Ancient Greece

  • Alexander the Great dies
    323

    Alexander the Great dies

  • 404

    Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends

  • The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies
    431

    The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies

  • The Parthenon is completed
    432

    The Parthenon is completed

  • First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )
    Jan 1, 776

    First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )

  • The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast.
    Jan 1, 1100

    The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast.

  • Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World
    Jan 1, 1400

    Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World

  • Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive

    Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive

  • New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop

    New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop

  • Homer writes the ILIAD

    Homer writes the ILIAD

  • Democracy develops

    Democracy develops

  • First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

    First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

  • Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA

    Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA

  • Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

    Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

  • Alexander conquers the Persian Empire

    Alexander conquers the Persian Empire

  • Rome conquers Greece

    Rome conquers Greece