Ancient Greece By Cathy1234567890 Period: 2700 BCE to 1500 BCE Minoan 2000 BCE Minoan ships controlled the eastern Mediterranean Sea 1900 BCE Mycenaeans invaded Greek mainland Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Mycenaean 1450 BCE Minoans' civilization suddenly collapsed 1400 BCE Mycenaeans replaced the Minoans as the major power of the Mediterranean Period: 1100 BCE to 800 BCE Greek Dark Ages Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE Archaic Greece 660 BCE Zoroaster was born 594 BCE A noble named Solon cancelled all farmers' debts and freed those who had become slaves 560 BCE Peisistratus seized power Period: 559 BCE to 530 BCE "Conqueror of Babylon" 539 BCE Cyrus's armies swept into Mesopotamia and captured Babylon 521 BCE Darius reorganized the government to make it work better 508 BCE Cleisthenes came to power 500 BCE Tyrants had fallen out of favor in Greece Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE Classical Greece 499 BCE Athenian army helped the Greeks in Asia Minor rebel against the Persians 490 BCE Battle of Marathon 486 BCE Xerxes became the Persian king 480 BCE Persians launched a new invasion of Greece 479 BCE The Greek city-states came together to form the largest Greek army ever assembled 334 BCE Alexander The Great invaded the empire
