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Period: 300 to
Ancient Greece
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335
Alexander the Great
Alexander, with Greece now secure, felt free to carry out his fathers plans to invade Persia. He led 35,000 thousand soldiers into Anatolia, he faced off againt 40,000 Persian soldiers which were quickly crushed by Alexander and his army. Alexander later took control of all of Persia and died in 323 of a serious fever. -
431
Peloponnesian War
Two city states, Sparta and Athens declared war on each other. Athens had a stronger navy while Sparta had a stronger army. After many years Athens had been completely destroyed, and very few returned home. -
470
Delian League Forms
An alliance between several Greek cities with Athens as its leader, its name originates from the island called Delos. -
477
Athens Golden Age
Athens experienced huge amounts of growth in its intillectual and artistic learning, where poetry, architecture, science, and philosophy all reached new hieghts. -
500
Cleisthenes takes power
Cleisthenes took control of Athens and broke up the power of nobility by dividing everyone into 10 groups based on where they lived rather than their wealth. -
546
Persia conquers Anatolia
The Greeks had been settled there before but the Persians were able to conquer the area. -
Mar 21, 621
Draco took power
A noble man named Draco took power of Athens and developed a legal code where all were all citizens were equal no matter their wealth. -
Mar 21, 725
Sparta dominates Messinians
Sparta conquered neighboring region Messenia and took over all of its land and half of their crops. All of the Messenians were enslaved and eventually revolted. The spartans were out numbrered 8 to 1 but were able to hold them off. -
Mar 21, 750
Epics of Homer
A blind man named Homer was the greatest story teller in all of Greece and composed poems to spread knowledge. -
Mar 21, 1200
Trojan War
The Myceneans fought Troy in a 10 year war because a Trojan prince had kidnapped Helen, the wife of the Greek king. In order to defeat the Trogans the greeks offererd a wooden horse as a piece sign, but really Greek soldiers were hiding inside waiting to attack -
Minoans develop civilization on Crete
The miniooans developed a civilization on the island of Crete around 2000 B.C. -
Solon takes power
Solon took power of Athens and declared that no man should own another man and outlawed debt slaverly. -
Persian War: Marathon
A Persian fleet carried 25,000 men across the Aegan Sea and landed on a plain called Marathon. After about 6 hours the Persians lost nearly 6,000 men to the Athenians who lost roughly 200. -
Persian Wars: Thermoplae and Salamis
300 - Fight SceneDarius the Great's son and succesor assembled a massive force to crush Athens. 7,000 Greek soldiers and 300 Spartans were able to hold back the Persians for 3 days until a traitor's information led the Persaisn to a secret path behind the Greek's and Persian's. -
Philip of Macedonia
Philip of Macedonia took control over Greece and is stabbed to death 23 years later at his daughters wedding.
