ancient greece By collinp2002 1600 BCE minoan civilization reaches its height/greatest success minoan civilization reaches its height/greatest success 1400 BCE mycenaeans settle and take control of the aegean sea 1250 BCE trojan war 750 BCE greek polis' take place 750 BCE homer writes the epic poems of the iliad and the odyssey 480 BCE xerxes, king of persia, sends troops to conquer greeks: persian war begins 460 BCE age of perciles marks the height of democracy in athens 431 BCE peloponnesian war breaks out 338 BCE king philip II gains throne as king of macedonia 332 BCE alexander the great conquers persia
