ANCIENT GREECE By VictoriaMenéndez 2700 BCE MINOAN CIVILIZATION 2000 BCE KNOSSOS PALACE WAS CREATED 1900 BCE MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION 1400 BCE THE GREAT AGE OF MYCEANEA FLOURISHES 1100 BCE GREEK DARK AGES 800 BCE GREEK ALPHABET IS DEVELOPED 776 BCE THE FIRST OLYMPIAD HELD 750 BCE THE GREEK COLONIZATION 750 BCE ARCHAIC PERIOD 508 BCE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY 490 BCE PERSIAN WARS 490 BCE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN ART AND LITERATURE 480 BCE CLASSICAL PERIOD 460 BCE THE FIRST PELOPONNESIAN WAR 403 BCE SPARTA DOMINATES THE GREEK WORLD 371 BCE THE THEBANS DEFEAT THE SPARTANS 346 BCE PHILIP II CONQUERED HELLAS 336 BCE HELLENISTIC PERIOD 336 BCE ALEXANDER THE GREAT BECAME THE RULER 334 BCE ALEXANDER THE GREAT INVADES DE PERSIAN EMPIRE 323 BCE ALEXANDER THE GREAT DIE 146 BCE THE ROMANS CONQUERED GREECE