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Greek History

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  • Period: 2000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    First Settlers

    Wondering tribes begin to settle in Greece an the civilization begins.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Mycenaean Greece

    Greece was inhabited by the Mycenaean people.
  • Period: 1194 BCE to 1184 BCE

    Trojan War

    The war began an ended once Greeks used a wooden horse for invasion to "overrun" the Trojan city of Troy
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Dorian Invaders

    The Dorian's had an advantage in fighting with the Mycenaean's which was their good weaponry, they then conquered the Mycenaean's.
  • Period: 850 BCE to 850 BCE

    Alphabet

    The Phoenician alphabet is the development of the Greek's alphabet
  • Period: 800 BCE to 800 BCE

    Homer

    He composed the poem " The Odyssey " which is a wide known poem telling his adventures on his way back from the Trojan war.
  • Period: 776 BCE to 776 BCE

    FIRST Olympic games

    First Olympic game held in a Olympia an the event was men sprinting a 200m
  • Period: 743 BCE to 724 BCE

    First Messenian war

    The Spartans an the Messenian's had a disagreement which led to war. The Spartan's won
  • Period: 650 BCE to 650 BCE

    The rise of the Tyrants

    They took over the aristocracy an over ruled an took over their " stead"
  • Period: 621 BCE to 621 BCE

    Draco's code of Law

    Draco set harsher laws that led to un-reasonable death penalty for majority of crimes
  • Period: 600 BCE to 600 BCE

    Money

    Greek coins first made an apparel
  • Period: 508 BCE to 403 BCE

    Democracy

    Athens democracy began 508 BCE an restored in 403 BCE
  • Period: 495 BCE to 495 BCE

    Pythagoras

    Pythagoras was a philosopher an a mathematician whom died in Metapontum
  • Period: 490 BCE to 490 BCE

    First Persian war

    Once Persia had an invasion set upon the Athens in regards this led to the participating act in a Greek raid on Persia
  • Period: 490 BCE to 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    In the battle of Marathon the Greeks defeated Persia
  • Period: 480 BCE to 480 BCE

    Persia war number 2 !!

    This war began because of the king of Persia sending an invasion upon Greece. At the end ( August/September) Persians took the victory
  • Period: 432 BCE to 432 BCE

    Parthenon completion

    The temple was built in Athens to " house " the statue of a Goddess Athena so she could watch over the city
  • Period: 431 BCE to 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian war

    The Peloponnesian wars were between Athens and Sparta
  • Period: 399 BCE to 399 BCE

    Socrates

    Philosopher Socrates was found guilty for disrespecting the gods and executed
  • Period: 380 BCE to 380 BCE

    Academy

    Socrates student Plato found the academy in Athens
  • Period: 359 BCE to 359 BCE

    Philip II

    King of macedon is whom he became
  • Period: 339 BCE to 339 BCE

    Catapult

    The Catapult was invented in syracuse
  • Period: 338 BCE to 338 BCE

    Battle of Chaeronea

    Phillip II king of Macedon conquered Greece
  • Period: 338 BCE to 338 BCE

    League of Corinth

    Support against Persia the greek were abto pay for them to save
  • Period: 336 BCE to 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander was King Phillips son so after he was assassinated he was know as Alexander the Great
  • Period: 335 BCE to 335 BCE

    The Lyceum

    The Lyceum in Athens was founded by Aristotle