archaic period (800-480BCE) and ancient greek society

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  • Period: 800 BCE to 700 BCE

    greeks expand + colonise, sparta emerges from dark age

    black sea, northern africa, southern italy, france, spain
  • Period: 743 BCE to 724 BCE

    first messenian war

    spartan victory over messenia- resulting in loss of messenian sovereignty + land ownership transferred to sparta
  • 733 BCE

    corinthe develops colony in sicily

  • Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE

    greek settlement in egypt (naucratis)

  • Period: 685 BCE to 668 BCE

    second messenian war

    helot (serf) revolts lead to second messenian war, messenians trying to reassert independence
  • 669 BCE

    battle of hysiae

    sparta is defeated by argos (who then join messenia)
  • 650 BCE

    hoplite warfare developing

    greek hoplite warfare: heavily armed infantry fighting in tightly packed formations called phalanxes, using shields and spears to break through enemy lines. it evolves for a while, first in pottery in 650 BCE
  • Period: 600 BCE to 500 BCE

    athenian pottery + greek culture/religion spreads around mediterranean

    from trading things like oil + olives, etc, in painted pottery with stories
  • Period: 594 BCE to 593 BCE

    athen reforms (solon)

    cancelled out slaves debts is a big one
  • 593 BCE

    persia conquers babylon

  • Period: 546 BCE to 545 BCE

    persia control over states in Ionia

  • 507 BCE

    athens has democratic revolution