Ancient Greece

  • 2100 BCE

    Greek speaking people arrive in Greece

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games is held

  • 700 BCE

    The city state of Athens is formed

  • 507 BCE

    Athens becomes a Democracy

  • 490 BCE

    Persia attacks Greece, but is defeated

  • 438 BCE

    The Parthenon is built

  • 404 BCE

    Sparta wins the war against Athens

  • 323 BCE

    The great age of Greece ends

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great, Greece's ruler, dies