Ancient Greece By Eil Period: 2700 BCE to 1500 BCE "Minoan" Greece 2000 BCE Minoan ships controlled the eastern Mediterranean Sea 1900 BCE Mycenaeans invaded Greek Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Bronze Age civilization based in mainland Greece Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Mycenaean Greece 1450 BCE Civilization suddenly collapsed 1400 BCE Mycenaeans replaced the Minoans as the major power on the Mediterranean. Period: 1100 BCE to 800 BCE Greek dark ages (Earthquakes and fighting among the kingdoms) Period: 800 BCE to 300 BCE Archaic Greece Period: 750 BCE to 500 BCE Rise out of the Dark Ages (Greeks traveled to lots of country) 650 BCE Small farmers began to demand changes to the power structure 600 BCE Tyrants managed to overthrow the nobles 600 BCE The Athenians began to rebel against the nobles. 594 BCE noble named Solon cancelled all farmers’ debts and freed those who had become slaves 590 BCE Battle 560 BCE Finally a tyrant (Peisistratus) seized power 508 BCE Became Democracy 500 BCE tyrants had fallen out of favor in Greece Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE Classical Greece
