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2100 BCE
The first Greek people arrive in the area now known as Greece
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776 BCE
The first Olympic games
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700 BCE
The city of Athens is formed
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507 BCE
Athens becomes a Democracy
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490 BCE
The Persians attack Greece but are defeated at the Battle of Marathon
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Period: 447 BCE to 328 BCE
The Parthenon is built
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Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Athens is at war with Sparta. Athens is defeated
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Period: 334 BCE to 323 BCE
Alexander the Great rules over Greece, defeating Persia, Syria, Egypt and Afghanistan
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323 BCE
Alexander the great's empire is divided into separate kingdoms