Timeline: Ancient Greece

2700 BCE

Minoan Civilization

They were the first greek civilization, appears in the island of Crete.
Their economy were based in the trade, they trade with the Mesopotamians and Egyptians.
They have and alphabet called Linear A.
They had very important palace, called Palace of Knossos.
They were polytheists, and also they have a religous ritul called "Bull-leaping", that consisted of grasping the bulls’ horns and catapulting yourself onto its back and then onto the ground.
Around the 1600 BCE they went into decline.

1900 BCE

Mycenaean Civilization

They come to Greece, the Balkan Peninsula, from the central of Europe.
They lived in small kingoms.
They have a system of writting, called the Linear B.
They lived in walled cities, with an acropolis, with the most important buildings inside, the acropolis were in the top of the hill.
They have 2 types of tombs, one for the royal families and the nobles and the other for the other people.

1400 BCE

The Great Age Of Myceanea

1100 BCE

Greek Dark Ages

We know very little abut this period, because the greeks lost the art of writtng , so they left no written records.
In this period the population of Greece had fallen hugely.This was mos probably due to the widespread famine and warfare that hit the region at the end of the Mycenaean period.

800 BCE

Greek Alphabet Is Created

776 BCE

The First Olympic Games

The Olympic Games were created in Athens, Greece, nowadays we keep doing it.

750 BCE

The Greek Colonization

750 BCE

Archaic Period

Greek culture was showing marked of revival. The Greek population grew and there was and increasing contact with other lands.

508 BCE

Development Of Democracy

490 BCE

Great Achievements In Arts

490 BCE

Persian Wars

The Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Persian Empire and the city-states of the Hellenic world that began in 490 BC. and extended until the year 449 a.c

480 BCE

Classical Period

A period of great achievements in art and literature.

460 BCE

The First Peloponnesian War

The First Peloponnesian War was a confrontation between Sparta and other Spartan allies and the Delian League which enjoyed the support of Argos. There are several causes that triggered it, including the rebuilding of the long Athenian walls, the change of sides of Megara and the Spartan suspicion of the growth of the Athenian empire.

403 BCE

Sparta Dominates The Greek World

346 BCE

Philip II Conquered Hellas

336 BCE

Alexander The Great Becames The Ruler Of Greece

336 BCE

Hellenistic Period

It is called the Hellenistic period to a historical stage of Antiquity whose chronological limits are marked by two important political events: the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the suicide of the last Hellenistic ruler, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and her lover Mark Antony, after their defeat at the Battle of Actium (31 BC).