History of Ancient Greece

By Aidan07
  • 7250 BCE

    Earliest evidence of burials found in Franchthi Cave in the Argolid, Greece

  • 7000 BCE

    Evidence of food producing economy, simple hut construction, and seafaring in mainland Greece and the Aegean

  • 5700 BCE

    First "Megaron House" at Sesclo, in central Greece

  • 3400 BCE

    Evidence of earliest fortifications at Dimini, Greece

  • 3000 BCE

    Houses of Vasiliki and Myrtos Messara Tholoi House of Tiles at Lerna

  • 2000 BCE

    Destruction of Minoan settlements

  • 1700 BCE

    Destruction of Minoan palaces Settlement of Akrotiri, Thera Grave Circle B at Mycenae

  • 1627 BCE

    Eruption of Thera volcano

  • 1600 BCE

    Grave Circle A at Mycenae Legends: Argo Voyage, Heracles, Oedipus

  • 1550 BCE

    Tholos Tomb at Mycenae

  • 1450 BCE

    Linear B writing

  • 1400 BCE

    Mycenaean Palaces Evidence of expanded Mycenaean trade at Levand

  • 1370 BCE

    Palace of Knossos destruction

  • 1300 BCE

    "Sea Peoples" begin raids in the Eastern Mediterranean

  • 1250 BCE

    Trojan War

  • 1200 BCE

    Destruction of many Mycenaean palaces Doric Invasions

  • 1100 BCE

    Destruction of Miletus and resettlement

  • 1000 BCE

    End of Mycenaean civilization

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

  • 750 BCE

    Greek colonies established in Southern Italy & Sicily

  • 750 BCE

    Invention of Greek alphabet

  • 750 BCE

    Homeric poems recorded in writing

  • 734 BCE

    Naxos founded

  • 733 BCE

    Syracuse founded

  • 730 BCE

    First Messenian War

  • 730 BCE

    Sparta invades Messenia

  • 650 BCE

    Earliest Lyric Poets

  • 640 BCE

    Sparta invades Messenia

  • 640 BCE

    Second Messenian War

  • 630 BCE

    Cyrene founded

  • 594 BCE

    Solon replaces the Draconian law in Athens and lays the foundation for Democracy. He introduced to Athens the first coinage and a system of weights and measures

  • 594 BCE

    Ionian revolt defeated by Persians

  • 546 BCE

    Pisistratos becomes tyrant of Athens

  • 527 BCE

    Pesistratos Dies. His sons become tyrants of Athens

  • 525 BCE

    Red-figure pottery developed in Athe

  • 510 BCE

    Alcmaeonid family and Spartans free Athens from tyranny.

  • 510 BCE

    Introduction of Democracy in Athens

  • 508 BCE

    Kleisthenes begins reforming Athenian code of laws, and establishes a democratic constitution

  • 499 BCE

    Ionian revolt

  • 497 BCE

    Persian Wars

  • 490 BCE

    Athenians defeat Darius and his Persian army

  • 483 BCE

    Athens begin building naval fleet

  • 480 BCE

    Athens and allies defeat Persian fleet at naval battle of Salamis

  • 479 BCE

    Greeks defeat Persian army

  • 446 BCE

    Thirty-year peace treaty signed between Athens and Sparta in winter

  • 430 BCE

    Plague epidemic in Athens

  • 420 BCE

    Construction of Temple of Athena Nike

  • 418 BCE

    Spartans defeat Athens at Mantinea

  • 404 BCE

    Athens surrenders to Sparta

  • 403 BCE

    Democracy restored in Athens

  • 399 BCE

    Trial and execution of Socrates

  • 380 BCE

    Plato establishes the Athens Academy

  • 338 BCE

    Macedonian army defeats Athens and its allies at Chaeronea

  • 333 BCE

    Alexander the Great defeats Persians at Issus

  • 331 BCE

    Alexander invades Egypt

  • 331 BCE

    City of Alexandria founded in Egypt

  • 326 BCE

    Alexander's army reaches India

  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

  • 279 BCE

    Invasion of Greece by Gauls

  • 146 BCE

    Roman Invasion of Greece

  • 30 BCE

    Death of Cleopatra