Greeks

By Joshua Roughan
  • 2100 BCE

    Greek

    Greek settlers arrive
  • 776 BCE

    Greek

    First Olympic Games is held 
  • 700 BCE

    Greek

    The city state of Athens is formed 
  • 507 BCE

    Greek

    Athens becomes a Democracy 
  • 490 BCE

    Greek

    Persia attacks Greece, but is defeated at the Battle of Marathon 
  • Period: 447 BCE to 438 BCE

    Greek

    The Parthenon is built 
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Greek

    Athens at war with Sparta. Sparta defeats Athens 
  • Period: 334 BCE to 323 BCE

    Greek

    Alexander the Great, rules Greece, and defeats Persia, Syria, Egypt and Afghanistan, but dies at the age of 32
  • 323 BCE

    Greek

    Alexander the Greats Empire is divided into separate kingdoms, ending the Great Age of Greece.