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In 1830 B.C Ancient Greece was founded.
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Sparta that was founded 950 B.C and formed into a military camp.
Over the time they conquered a lot of the surrounding lands using the land they conquered for farming and making all the people that they conquered into slavery.
The actual rulers and original members of the Sparta were outnumbered of the people they overthrew.
The Sparta men dedicated themselves to war.
Ordinary citizens had no power.
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In 776 B.C the first Olympic games were held. They were held in the center of the city where everybody could see them. These games were held every 4 years in honor of the all powerful God Zues.
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In 757 B.C the first Messenian War began. This war was between Sparta and Messenian. It lasted a long time, some people think it is still going on. They damaged a lot of land fighting this amount of time, and tons of people were killed.
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In 750 B.C a guy named Homer began to write the Odyssey and Lliad. These amazing poems became two of the most famous literacy pieces in Ancient Greece history. Even today they are famous in Greece.
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300 BC - Euclid, a Greek mathematician, writes Elements. This famous writing will have an impact on mathematics for years to come.
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The Hellenistic period begins when Alexander the Great dies. The Ancient Greek civilization begins its decline and the Ancient Romans start to gain power.
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The three powerful cities emerge the Greek cities of Macedon, Egypt, and Syria emerged as the most powerful cities until the Greeks were defeated by the Romans.
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In 400 B.C Athena's had evolved into the most powerful city in the Greece nation.
These people created a new form of government, this was called democracy.
All the male citizens got to vote when the time came to elect new rulers.
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Rome conquers Greece making it part of the Roman Empire. King Philip V lost in a battle against the Romans. It was the end of the Greecian rule.
