Ancient Greece By lcoursey 5000 BCE The Island of Crete is settled Period: 5000 BCE to 2000 Ancient Greece 2500 BCE Minoan civilization developed on the Island of Crete 2000 BCE Mycenaean arrive in Greece from the island of Crete 1700 BCE Construction of the Palace Knossos begins 1600 BCE The first plumbing/sewer system is built 1450 BCE Mycenaeans conquer the Palace of Knossos on Crete 1380 BCE The Palace of Knossos is destroyed by an earthquake 1200 BCE the island volcano Santorini explodes damaging Minoan Culture 1100 BCE The city state of Sparta begins to form 776 BCE The first Olympic games are held in Olympia 594 BCE Democracy begins in Athens 594 BCE Democracy begins in Athens 500 BCE the golden age of Greece begins advances in meny field of studey 490 BCE The battle of Marathon: the Greeks defeat the Persians 469 BCE Socrates is born 428 BCE Plato is born 394 BCE The Olympic Games are outlawed by Roman Emperor Theodosius I 384 BCE Aristotle is born 331 BCE Alexander conquers Egypt, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia and Persia 324 BCE Alexander's army stops at the Indus river 1896 The Olympic Games begin again in Athens
