Greece

Ancient greece

  • THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAME
    776 BCE

    THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAME

    these events happened every 4 years started 776 bc.
  • homer starts THE ODYSSEY and THE ILIAD
    750 BCE

    homer starts THE ODYSSEY and THE ILIAD

    the estimated year homer started the epic poems the ODYSSEY
    and THE ILIAD
  • first greek coins introduced
    600 BCE

    first greek coins introduced

    this was the first use of greek currency
  • democracy is introduced
    508 BCE

    democracy is introduced

    Cleisthenes establishes a new government called democracy
  • Persian war starts
    492 BCE

    Persian war starts

    The Persian war was a string of battles lasting almost half a century and thousands dead
  • peleponesian war starts
    431 BCE

    peleponesian war starts

    a fierce war between Athens and sparta which lasts 27 years!
  • peleponesian war ends
    404 BCE

    peleponesian war ends

    The end of the bloody war between Sparta and Athens with Sparta ending up on top.
  • socrates put to death
    399 BCE

    socrates put to death

    this was the year that greek philosopher socrates was poised and killed
  • the academy is built
    386 BCE

    the academy is built

    plato, student of socrates, builds the academy to educate students what are right doings
  • Aristotle begins to teach Alexander
    342 BCE

    Aristotle begins to teach Alexander

    This is when Aristotle begins his teachings for Alexander later known as "Alexander the Great"
  • academy is destroyed
    526

    academy is destroyed

    after a long life in the academy for almost 890 years it was closed and demolished.