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The Odyssey and Iliad are written down by Homer, and Greece begins to establish colonies
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The Iliad and the Odyssey written down
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Accepted year for the first Olympics
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The first battle between the Spartans and the Messenians, the year of its occurrence was recorded by the Persians and it resulted in victory for Sparta. Those from Messenia who did not emigrate were enslaved as 'Helots'.
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Perdiccas of Macedon flees from the Argos to Macedonia, and conquers the land
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Polydorus was the 10th Agiad dynasty king of Sparta, and sent colonists to Italy as well as being apart of the first Messenian War.
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A conflict between the city-states of Chalcis and Eretria, and occurred due to each trying to take over the fertile lands on the island of Euboea.
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During his reign he stabilised and made Argos a stronger power, and did attempt to debilitate Corinth, another power, by asking them for strong soldiers under the guise of needing them for warfare (the true intention was to have them murdered), however the plot was revealed before it could take place and hence failed.
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Cypselus subjects Cornith to Tyranny
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Spartan wars with Tegea, all fail
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Battus establishes a Greek colony in Cyrene in Libya. he became its first king and the first Greek king in Africa.
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Cylon, and Athenian Noble, attempts to become the king of the Acropolis (a citadel) after seizing it, however the venture fails.
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Draco, an Athenian lawmaker, makes most crimes punishable by death
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Sappho, a Greek poet, flourishes on the island of Lesbos
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Pythagoras is born
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The Athenian general, Peisistratos, organises the Diakrioi, a party of poor people
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Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great, takes Egypt.
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Cleisthenes, a Greek reformer, takes over and increases the presence of democracy. He is considered 'The Father of Athenian Democracy'
