Ancient Greece

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  • The First Olympic Games
    776 BCE

    The First Olympic Games

    Every four years the Olympic games take place in honor of the Greek god Zeus
  • Greek Coins
    600 BCE

    Greek Coins

    The first Greek coins were introduced
  • Persian Wars
    490 BCE

    Persian Wars

    The Greeks fight the Persians in the Persian Wars.The Greeks Won and the Persians retreat in the battle of Marathon and the battle of Salamis.
  • Euripides Writes a Play Write
    440 BCE

    Euripides Writes a Play Write

    Euripides Wins a prize for the best play
  • The Pelonnesian Wars
    430 BCE

    The Pelonnesian Wars

    A war between Sparta and Athens. The war lasted 27 years. Sparta finally won the war
  • Socrates
    399 BCE

    Socrates

    Socrates was put to death for corrupting the youth of Athens with his teachings.
  • Alexander the Great
    336 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander became king when his father, Phillip, was assassinated.
  • The Defeat of the Persians
    333 BCE

    The Defeat of the Persians

    Alexander defeats the Persians
  • The Hellenistic period begins
    323 BCE

    The Hellenistic period begins

    Alexander the Great dies and Ancient Greek begins its decline in civilization
  • Plato
    386

    Plato

    Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, finds the first institution of higher learning in the western world. It is called the academy