greek history

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  • 2000 BCE

    first settlers

    first settlers
    wandering tribes begin to settle in greece
  • 1600 BCE

    mycenaean greece

    mycenaean greece
    Bronze Age Greece was inhabited by the Mycenaean people. They took their name from the capital city of their land, Mycenae.
  • 1194 BCE

    trojan war

    trojan war
    The Trojan war between the Greeks and the Trojans (inhabitants of Troy) began
  • 1184 BCE

    trojan war

    trojan war
    The Trojan war ended when the Greeks used a wooden horse to invade and overrun the Trojan city of Troy
  • 1100 BCE

    dorian invaderd

    dorian invaderd
    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.
  • 850 BCE

    alphabet

    alphabet
    The Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet.
  • 800 BCE

    homer

    homer
    Homer composed his poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad is an epic poem set in the Trojan War while the Odyssey tells the story of the adventures of Odysseus on his return from the Trojan war.
  • 776 BCE

    first olympic games

    first olympic games
    First recorded Olympic games. The games were held at Olympia. There was one event – the men’s 200m sprint.