Ancient Greece By alaplante 5000 BCE the island of Crete is settled 2500 BCE Minoan civilization developed on the island of Crete 2300 BCE Minoan language Liner A is developed 2000 BCE Mycenaeans arrive in Greece from the island of Crete 1600 BCE The first plumbing/sewer system is built 1600 BCE Athens and Mycenae are established by the Mycenaeans 1380 BCE Palace of Knossos is destroyed by an earthquake 1100 BCE The city-state of Sparta begins to form 776 BCE The first Olympic games are held in Olympia 750 BCE The Mycenaeans settle in Ionia 594 BCE Democracy begins in Athens 490 BCE The battle of marathon:the Greeks defeat the Persians 480 BCE The battle of Thermopylae:the Persians defeat the Greeks badly 480 BCE The battle of Salsmis: the Greeks destroy the Persian navy;Xerxes leaves 469 BCE Socrates is born 428 BCE Plato is born 394 BCE The Olympic Games are outlawed by Roman Emperor Theodosius I 384 BCE Aristotle was born 331 BCE Alexander conquers Egypt,Asia Minor,Mesopotamia and Persia 324 BCE Alexander's army stops at the Indus River 27 BCE Greece officially becomes part of the Roman Empire 1896 The Olympic Games begin again in Athens Period: 5000 to 2000 Ancient Greece
