Ancient Greece By sam2021 Period: 2700 BCE to 1500 BCE Minoan's 2000 BCE Minoan ships controlled the eastern Mediterranean sea 1900 BCE Mycenaean's invaded Greek main land Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Mycenaean's 1450 BCE Minoan's collapse 1400 BCE Mycenaean's replaced Minoan's Period: 1100 BCE to 800 BCE Greek dark ages Period: 750 BCE to 500 BCE Greeks traveled Period: 690 BCE to 600 BCE Tyrants manage to overthrow nobles 650 BCE Farmers began to demand change to power structure 600 BCE Athenians began to rebel against the nobles 594 BCE Noble named solon canceled a farmers debt 508 BCE Cleisthenes came to power 500 BCE Tyrants were gone