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1600 BCE
Beginning of Mycenaean Period
This period marks the beginning of their updated and advanced culture and technology. -
1250 BCE
The Trojan War
Greeks strike Troy for nine years, because the Trojan prince took the wife of Menelaus of Sparta. -
776 BCE
The Start fo Olympic Games
Started when a cook won a 600 foot race, then later progressed to horses, wrestling, boxing, and more. -
600 BCE
The First Known Coin
The first kinds of coins were made in either Lonia or Lydia and were made of gold and silver. It later expanded to more empires. -
431 BCE
Second Peloponnesian War
A fight between Athens and Sparta. -
430 BCE
Bubonic Plague of Athens
The Plague of Athens was a huge sickness that spread everywhere, which lead to many of their people dying. -
336 BCE
Alexander the Great Came to Rule
After his fathers death, Alexander the Great came into the ruler of Greece in a great and honorable way.