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  • 3000 BCE

    The Minoans civilization begins

    the Minoans live on the island of crete
  • 1400 BCE

    the Mycenaean civilization reaches it's height

    the Mycenaean empire on the mainland
  • 1400 BCE

    The Minoan civilization declines

    the Minoans start to lose their power in the Mediterranean
  • 1100 BCE

    The dark ages of Greece

    when Greek civilization collapsed there was much poverty during this period
  • 750 BCE

    the dark ages end cities begin to form

    villages join together to form cities
  • 600 BCE

    Sophists gain popularity

    writers and traveling teachers start to become more popuar
  • 600 BCE

    wars outside Sparta turn it into a hardened battle machine

    Sparta needs to become powerful to protect its city
  • 500 BCE

    Solon rewrites Athenian law

    one such law cancelled all debts and freed all citizens who were enslaved for owing debts
  • Period: 499 BCE to 479 BCE

    Persian wars

    the Greeks drive away the Persians
  • 480 BCE

    The Athenian acropolis is burned by Persians

    The religious center of Athens is destroyed
  • Period: 479 BCE to 431 BCE

    Athens golden ages

    Athenian civilization thrives and with it the arts
  • 460 BCE

    Pericles becomes leader of Athens

    the great leader Pericles comes to lead Athens
  • 432 BCE

    Parthenon completed

    The monument the Parthenon is completed in athens
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    Athens vs. Sparta
  • 429 BCE

    Pericles dies

    Pericles dies of the plague that swept through Athens during the Peloponnesian war
  • 404 BCE

    Athens surrenders to Sparta ending the Peloponnesian war

    Sparta wins the Peloponnesian war
  • 400 BCE

    Democritus thinks of atoms

    A philosopher named Democritus thinks everything is made up of tiny particles called he called atoma
  • 399 BCE

    Socrates put on trial

    Socrates is put on trial for "dishonoring the gods"