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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
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Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE
greek settlement in egypt (naucratis)
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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
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Period: 546 BCE to 545 BCE
persia control over states in Ionia
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507 BCE
athens has democratic revolution