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Ancient Greece

  • The Minoan
    3000 BCE

    The Minoan

    The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete.
  • The Mycenaeans
    1400 BCE

    The Mycenaeans

    Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.
    They introduce the writing.
  • Dark ages
    1200 BCE

    Dark ages

    The Greek Dark Ages was the period of Greek history from the end of the Mycenaean palatial civilization, around 1100 BC, to the beginning of the Archaic age, around 750 BC.
  • The Dorians
    1100 BCE

    The Dorians

    They lived in northern Greece. The Dark Age began with the Dorians, because it was a period of economic, cultural and writing decline.
  • Olympic Games
    776 BCE

    Olympic Games

    The ancient Olympic Games, started in Olympia, Greece, and recurred every four years. These games were a religious honor to Zeus.
  • The Archaic period
    776 BCE

    The Archaic period

    Greeks started living in polis or city-states. People worked in agriculture and commerce. Ruled by its oligarchy. Tyranny and democracy systems were invented.
  • Filosofía griega
    775 BCE

    Filosofía griega

    La filosofía griega, desarrollada por los filósofos desde Tales de Mileto hasta Aristóteles, es fundamental en la historia del pensamiento. Hubo tres períodos:
    Pre-socráticos
    Socráticos
    Helénicos
  • Pericles
    495 BCE

    Pericles

    Pericles, líder influyente de la Antigua Grecia, desarrolló la democracia ateniense y embelleció Atenas con monumentos como el Partenón. También fue un exitoso líder militar en la Guerra del Peloponeso.
  • Guerras Persas
    492 BCE

    Guerras Persas

    Enfrentamientos entre los griegos y el Imperio Persa.
  • The Classical period
    490 BCE

    The Classical period

    Athens and Sparta became the most important cities.
    The Classical Period of Greek spanned from the Persian Wars in the early fifth century B.C. to Alexander the Great’s death in 323 B.C. It was marked by conflict, cultural achievements, and the birth of democracy.
  • Guerras del Peloponeso
    459 BCE

    Guerras del Peloponeso

    Lucha entre Atenas y Esparta, afectando a todo el mundo griego.
  • Guerras Corintias
    394 BCE

    Guerras Corintias

    En las que lucharon Esparta contra una unión de cuatro grandes estados (Tebas, Atenas, Corinto y Argos).
  • Alexander the Great
    356 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great, born in Pella, Macedonia, became king when his father’s death. He conquered most of the known world, including the Persian Empire and parts of India.
  • The Hellenistic period
    334 BCE

    The Hellenistic period

    The Hellenistic period in ancient Greece lasted from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. until 31 B.C., when Roman troops conquered the last of the territories he once ruled. It marked the spread of Greek ideas and culture across the Eastern Mediterranean to Asia.