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Period: 6000 BCE to 2900 BCE
Neolithic Period
First settlements: Nea Nikomedeia, Sesklo, Dimini, Franchthi Cave, and Athens. -
Period: 2900 BCE to 2000 BCE
Early Bronze Age
Greeks started to turn metals into ornaments. A class system developed. They extended into the Aegean islands and also the island of Crete. -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1400 BCE
Minoan Age
This civilization developed mainly on Crete. The peaceful society of the Minoans was famous for its pottery and sculpture. It ended when the Mycenaeans attacked and conquered them. A significant building was the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. -
1700 BCE
Palace of Knossos (1700 -1400 BC)
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Mycenaean Age
It was a period centered on fortresses such as Mycenae, Tirynthos, Thebes and Athens. The Mycenaeans developed, above all, art and sculpture. They were fierce warriors and great engineers (they built bridges, fortification walls and beehive-shaped tombs, drainage and irrigation systems and palaces).
Other palace centers were immortalized in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. -
1200 BCE
Palace of Pylos
Mycenaean age famous palace -
1194 BCE
Toyan war (1194 - 1184 BC)
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Period: 1100 BCE to 800 BCE
The Dark Ages
A period of repression, economic uncertainty and exhaustion from wars (Trojan and civil) that ended with the invasion of the Dorians. -
Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE
Archaic Period
During the Archaic period, Greek government began to take shape in city-states such as Athens and Sparta. The Greeks began to explore arts such as pottery, sculpture, philosophy and theater. -
776 BCE
The first Olympic Games
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570 BCE
Pythagoras (570 - 490 BC)
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Period: 500 BCE to 338 BCE
Classical Period
This was the Golden Age of Ancient Greece. It began with the creation and establishment of the democratic system.
This period also saw the construction of the Parthenon Classical Period (500 - 338 B.C.) it had several warlike conflicts with neighbors including the Peloponnesian War (between Athens and Sparta).
Towards the end of the period Alexander the Great conquered a large part of Europe and Western Asia. -
469 BCE
Socrates (469–399 B.C)
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450 BCE
Discobolus (460–450 BC)
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438 BCE
The Parthenon was completed
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428 BCE
Plato (428 - 348 BC)
428/427 bce, Athens, Greece—died 348/347 -
384 BCE
Aristotle 384–322 BC
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336 BCE
Alexander the Great becomes king
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Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE
Hellenistic Period
During this period many of the aspects of the Greek culture that we know of were developed. Greece slowly declined in power until it was finally conquered by Rome