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The Trojan war was waste against the city of Troy by the achaeans after Paris of troy took Helen from her husband menelaus king of Sparta Sparta attack Troy in effort to get Harris back because it was there princess and she was believed to be the most beautiful woman in the world
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Mycenaean Greece was invaded by Dorian tribesmen from the north. The Dorians had iron weapons which they use to good effect to defeat and conquer the Mycenaeans.
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First recorded Olympic games. The games were held at Olympia. There was one event – the men’s 200m sprint.
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Most specialists believe that the Phoenician alphabet was adopted for Greek during the early 8th century BC, perhaps in Euboea. The earliest known fragmentary Greek inscriptions date from this time,
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The First Persian war began when Persia sent an invasion force into Athens in retaliation for its participation in a Greek raid on Persia.
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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.
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The Second Persian war began when Persia’s King Xerxes led an invasion force into Greece.
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The Parthenon was completed. The temple was built in Athens to house a statue of Goddess Athena so that she could watch over the city.