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The Minoans were a very avianced socity. They traded goods like wood, olive oil, and pottery, they traded them for copper, gold and silver.
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1600's BC
A huge volcano erupted on the island of Thera. The eruption was one of the biggest eruptions in history! After the explosion a tsunami happend, wiping out Crete's civilization. -
1200's BC
The Dark Age was a time of war, invaders from Europe, and earthquakes. -
550 BC
Cyrus the Great beats the Medes, and that is the begining of the persiian empire. -
500 BC
For the first time in history men could vote for their rulers. Athens created the world's first democracy. -
490 BC
Darius invaded Greece, and created a battle called Marathon. This battle started the Persian Wars. -
400 BC
Greek Myths and literature became very popular in 400. We still read today their books, and stories. -
359 BC
King Philip II became king of Macedonia, and in a year he had conquered all of the Greeks. He was a brilliant millitary leader. Philip took the Greeks idea of the phalanx and made it better. -
330's BC
Alexander took over his fathers powers, and plans. Soon after he concured the Pesians over and over. After the Persians he moved into Egypt. The Egyptian went down without a fight, And made Alexander their king. He created the Hellenistic Age, a mix of diffrent cultures. -
323 BC
Alexander died in Babylon at the age of 33. Alexander was burried in egypt, in a gold coffinn. -
