Ancient Greece By natalia.millan Period: 2700 BCE to 1500 BCE Minoan 2000 BCE Minoan ships controlled eastern Mediterranean Sea 1900 BCE Mycenaeans invaded greek mainland Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Mycenaeans 1450 BCE Minoan civilization collapse 1400 BCE Mycenaeans replace Minoans as the mayor power on the mediterranean Period: 1100 BCE to 800 BCE Greek Dark Ages Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE Archaic greece Period: 750 BCE to 500 BCE Greeks traveled to the coasts of Italy, Spain France, North Africa and Western Asia 650 BCE Farmers demanded changes to the power structure 600 BCE Tyrants overthrow the nobles 600 BCE Athens began to rebel against nobles 594 BCE Noble Solon cancelled farmers debts and freed slaves 560 BCE Peisistratus seized power Period: 559 BCE to 530 BCE Cyrus the greet 539 BCE Cyrus took over Northern Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Syria, Canaan and the phoenician cities 521 BCE Darius reorganized the government 508 BCE Cleisthenes came to power 500 BCE Tyrants fallen out of favor in Greece 500 BCE Persia controlled greek cities in Asia Minor Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE Classical Greece 499 BCE Athenian army helped the greeks in Asia Minor rebel against the Persians 490 BCE Battle of Marathon 486 BCE Xerxes became Persian king 480 BCE Launched new invasion of Greece 479 BCE The greek city-states came together to form the largest greek army ever 334 BCE Alexander the Great invaded the Persian empire 1900 sir Arthur Evans discovered Archaeological evidence of Minoan civilization
