Module 1 Greek timeline

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  • Period: 3200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Early Cycladic Culture

  • Minoan Protopalatioal Period
    2600 BCE

    Minoan Protopalatioal Period

    Terracotta jug, 2600-2400
    "This shape, sometimes referred to as a teapot with an exaggerated spout, was one of the most characteristic of the Early Minoan II period on Crete."
    https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247635?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Minoan&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=10
  • 2000 BCE

    Early Helladic Period

    3000-2000
  • 1900 BCE

    linear A script was developed

  • middle Helladic Period or Middle Bronze Age
    1600 BCE

    middle Helladic Period or Middle Bronze Age

    destruction of Minoan palaces
    settlement of Akrotiri, Thera
    Grave Circle B @ Mycenae
  • end of Minoan Civilization
    1375 BCE

    end of Minoan Civilization

    Knossos was destroyed
  • Trojan War
    1200 BCE

    Trojan War

    A key event that has been narrated in Greek mythology. This was described as a war that broke out between the Achaeans and the city of Troy. A commonly known telling of this event is the epic poem Iliad, by Homer. Picture - tapestry of a scene from the Trojan War
    https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tapm/hd_tapm.htm
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 500 BCE

    Late Bronze Age (approx time period)

  • Period: 900 BCE to 700 BCE

    Geometric Period

    "a time of dramatic transformation that led to the establishment of primary Greek institutions" (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grge/hd_grge.htm)
    City-states formed, trade & colonization along coast of Asia Minor, Large sanctuaries and temples arose, honoring deities, suggesting the emergence of religion. This was a time of writings, such as Homer's Iliad & Odyssey.
    common symbols - armed warrior is just one of the art pieces, along with the chariot and the horse
  • first Olympics
    776 BCE

    first Olympics

    bronze athlete
    https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/athl/hd_athl.htm
  • Period: 750 BCE to 650 BCE

    Homer wrote the Odyssey around this time

  • Period: 735 BCE to 715 BCE

    first Mycenian War

    Spartans won, Mycenians became slaves (Helots)
    Poet Terataus claimed to be a participant in the war
  • Period: 680 BCE to 570 BCE

    Athens

    680 BC Athens was ruled over by a king and his advisors. As time went on more participation by citizens
    Eventually a form of democracy, primitive, raw form.
  • approx time of Hesiod
    600 BCE

    approx time of Hesiod

    "The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it."
    ( https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/hesiod-quotes)
    Commentary on the calendar (listed holy days and advised to avoid the 13th); knew of the Trojan War
  • Period: 490 BCE to 480 BCE

    Persian War

    Warrior, militaristic culture, on “a war footing at all times” (lecturer quote)