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1250 BCE
The Trojan War
Famous conflict of Greece against the people of Troy, where the Greeks made a fake horse and ambushed the Trojans. -
490 BCE
The Persian War
A war between Athens and Persia. Athens and Sparta made an alliance in order to defeat the Persians. -
Period: 470 BCE to 430 BCE
The Greek Golden Age
Under the rule of Pericles, Athens underwent a change in its culture. During the Golden Age, the Parthenon was built, Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle lived, and Greek architecture and art developed. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
The Peloponnesian War
The war between Athens and Sparta regarding the amount of recognition that Sparta hadn't gotten for helping Sparta with the Persian War. -
Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE
Rule of Alexander The Great
At age 20, Alexander The Great of Macedonia, conquered Persia, Greece, Egypt, India, and Macedonia, along with other countries. Alexander The Great caused a blending of a culture known as Hellenistic.