significant events in Ancient Greece time

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  • 2100 BCE

    The first Greek speaking people arrive in the area now known as Greece 

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games is held 

  • 700 BCE

    The city state of Athens is formed

  • 507 BCE

    Athens becomes a Democracy 

  • 490 BCE

    BC Persia attacks Greece, but is defeated at the Battle of Marathon

  • Period: 447 BCE to 438 BCE

    The Parthenon is built

  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Athens at war with Sparta. Sparta defeats Athens 

  • Period: 334 BCE to 323 BCE

    BC Alexander the Great (A Macedonian) rules Greece, and defeats Persia, Syria, Egypt and Afghanistan, but dies at the age of 32 

  • 323 BCE

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