Greece

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  • 2900 BCE

    Minoan Period Begins

  • 1900 BCE

    Greeks Arrive on Mainland

  • 1900 BCE

    Start of Bronze Age in Aegean

  • 1600 BCE

    Start of Mycenaean Period

  • 1250 BCE

    Defeated the City of Troy

  • 1200 BCE

    Destruction of Mycenaean Centers in Greece

  • 1150 BCE

    End of Minoan Period

  • 1150 BCE

    End of Mycenaean Period

  • 1100 BCE

    End of Bronze Age in Aegean

  • 1100 BCE

    Mycenaean world completely gone

  • 1100 BCE

    Beginning of the "Dark Ages"

  • 800 BCE

    Greek Polis & Hoplite Phalanx begin to form

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

  • 750 BCE

    "Dark Ages" comes to an end

  • 750 BCE

    Greek Cities Begin to Spread to Mediterranean Coasts

  • 750 BCE

    First True Alphabet was created

  • 725 BCE

    Homer writes his famous works

    Homer writes the Iliad and The Odyssey explaining hers of earlier times, most likely about the battle over the city of Troy
  • 725 BCE

    First Messenian War

  • 700 BCE

    Probable date of Hesoid

    It is during this time it is estimated Hesoid wrote his now famous work the Works and Days about a farmer's life.
  • 700 BCE

    The Rise of Tyranny

  • 650 BCE

    The Second Messenia War

  • 594 BCE

    Solon Gives Athens New Constitution

  • 510 BCE

    Sparta invades Athens

  • 500 BCE

    The End to the Tyranny

  • 490 BCE

    Start of the Persian Wars

  • 479 BCE

    End of the Persian Wars

  • 447 BCE

    Work Starts on the Parthenon

    Athens is currently in the height of its glory
  • 431 BCE

    The Beginning of the 2nd Poloponnesian War

  • 404 BCE

    End of the 2nd Polopnnesian War

  • 399 BCE

    Socrates is condemned to death

    For his beliefs being against the mainstream societal views of the current time period
  • 338 BCE

    King Phillip II defeats the Greek city-states