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Greece

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  • 2000 BCE

    First settlers

    First settlers
    wandering tribes begin to settle in Greece
  • 1600 BCE

    Mycenaean Greece

    Mycenaean Greece
    Last phase of bronze age in ancient Greece spanning the period from approximately 1600 to 1100 BCE
  • 1194 BCE

    trojan war

    trojan war
    Trojan war between the Greeks and Trojans lasted 10 years.Trojans kidnapped Helen, and the Trojans refused to return her and the Greeks formed an army.
  • 1184 BCE

    trojan war

    trojan war
    The Trojan war ended when the Greeks used a wooden horse to invade and overrun the Trojan city of Troy
  • 1100 BCE

    Dorian invaders

    Dorian invaders
    Created a writing system,Urban developmaent,
  • 850 BCE

    Alphabet

    Alphabet
    The Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet.
  • 800 BCE

    Homer

    Homer
    Born on the coast on asia minor famous for epic poems.
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympics games

    First Olympics games
    were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years the men have a 200m.sprint.
  • 743 BCE

    First messenia war

    First messenia war
    The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta. It began in 743 BC and ended in 724 BC, according to the dates given by Pausanias.
  • 650 BCE

    Rise of Tyrants

    The rule of aristocratic leaders was challenged by lesser aristocrats or wealthy tradesmen who wanted to overthrow the monopoly of the aristocrats. Known as tyrants they seized power from the aristocracy and took over rule in their stead.
  • 621 BCE

    Darco's code of law

    Darco's code of law
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    The Draconian constitution, or Draco's code, was a written law code created by Draco near the end of the 7th century BC in response to the unjust interpretation and modification of oral law by Athenian aristocrats.
  • 600 BCE

    money

    Information about money in Greece and the Greek islands: ... Greece is part of the European Union and Greece money currency is Euro.
  • 508 BCE

    Democrcy

    Direct Democracy: A form of direct democracy in ancient Greece was practiced in ancient city-state of Athens for about 100 years. It was an experiment. ... Five hundred (500) names were drawn from a pool of all the citizens of ancient Athens. Those 500 citizens had to serve for one year.
  • 495 BCE

    Pythagroras

    Pythagoras of Samos was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy.
  • 490 BCE

    first perisian war

    The Greco-Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.
  • 480 BCE

    battle of marathon

    The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece.
  • 432 BCE

    Parathenon completed

    Parthenon, temple that dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens. It was built in the mid-5th century BCE and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos (“Athena the Virgin”). The temple is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order, the simplest of the three Classical Greek architectural orders.
  • 431 BCE

    peloponnessian wars

    Athens lost the Peloponnesian Wars. The Athenian democratic government was removed and replaced by a ruling body of 30 tyrants.
  • 359 BCE

    Philip II

    King Philip II of Spain, also known as Philip the Prudent, ruled one of the world's largest empires. His reign as Spain's king began the Golden Age, a period of great cultural growth in literature, music and the visual arts. He was also the King of England through his marriage to Mary Tudor for four years.
  • 347 BCE

    Plato

    Born circa 428 B.C.E., ancient Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. ... Plato founded the Academy in Athens, one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. He died in Athens circa 348 B.C.E.
  • 339 BCE

    Catapult

    A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. In use since ancient times, the catapult has proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms during warfare.
  • 338 BCE

    Battle of Chaeronea

    Philip II, King of Macedon conquered Greece
  • 338 BCE

    League of Cornith

    The League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, was founded by Philip II to boost support against Persia.
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander The Great

    Philip II, King of Macedon was assassinated – his son Alexander became King of Macedon. He was later known as Alexander the Great
  • 335 BCE

    The Lytheum

    Aristotle founded the Lyceum in Athens
  • 333 BCE

    Persia

    Alexander conquered the Persians and declared himself King of Persia
  • 331 BCE

    Egypt

    Alexander conquered Egypt and made Alexandria the capital of his newly gained land
  • 323 BCE

    Alexander The Great

    Alexander the Great died. His son had not yet been born so his conquered lands were divided between his top generals.
  • 322 BCE

    Aristotle

    Aristotle, philosopher, mathematician, student of Plato, tutor of Alexander died in Euboea.