Greek Timeline

  • 3000 BCE

    The Peak Of the Minoan Civilization

    The peak of the Minoan civilization: A civilization that started in the island of Crete.
  • 3000 BCE

    Villages in the coast

    Native people create villages along the Caribbean coast in Colombia
  • 2000 BCE

    Minoan protopalatial period

    The destruction of the Minoan settlements
  • 1700 BCE

    Minoan Neopalatian period

    Destruction of Minoan settlements, settlements of Akrotiri ( a small village in Santorini that was mostly for fishing and farming)
  • 1600 BCE

    Late bronze period – the heroic age

    Grave circle A ( a 16th-century BC royal cemetery situated to the south of the Lion Gate) Legends: Argo voyage,Hercacles, Oedipus
  • Period: 1450 BCE to 1180 BCE

    Late Helladic period

    Linear b Writing (Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek.)
  • 800 BCE

    Rome was founded

    Rome was founded by Romulus the brother of Remus,Romulus was the firs of seven kings who would rule in Rome.
  • 509 BCE

    Rome becomes a republic

    The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.
  • 44 BCE

    Jullius Caesar is assasinated.

    Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but instead a civil war begins
  • 27 BCE

    The Roman empire begins

    Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out instead.
  • 380

    Christianity

    Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in 380 AD.
  • Period: 470 to Jan 1, 750

    Theocratic empire develops in Teotihuacán

    Theocratic empire develops in Teotihuacán with a
    large urban center and pyramids of sun and moon.
  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to Jan 1, 800

    Rice of large cities and empires

    This was the rise of large cities and empires in the Peruvian Highlands.
  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to Jan 1, 1000

    Stone architecture at Tiwanaku

    Monolithic stone architecture at Tiwanaku by lake
    Titicaca in Bolivia
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Complex villages

    The Chibcha, or Muisca, organize complex villages, mainly in the Andes mountains. They are farmers and skilled goldsmiths.