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2000 BCE
Minoans
Dominated sea trade -
1700 BCE
Mycenaen
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1450 BCE
Minoans
The Minoans mysteriously disapear -
1400 BCE
Minoans
End of sea trade domination -
1200 BCE
Mycenaean
End of main land dominance -
1150 BCE
Dorians
Beginning of dark ages -
776 BCE
Olympics
The first Olympics held -
750 BCE
Dorians
Ending of the Dark Ages -
725 BCE
Spartam
Sparta takes over neighboring city state and makes them slaves -
625 BCE
Helot Revolt
625 BC Messenians revolt against harsh rule
Out number Spartans 8:1
Spartans just barely defeat the revolt
Effect: Sparta becomes a strong military state -
621 BCE
Athens
Draco: circa 621 BC, develops legal code based on equality of citizens -
594 BCE
Solon
Gets rid of debt slavery
Establishes four social classes based on wealth -
509 BCE
Last king of Rome
509 B.C. Romans overthrow horrible Etruscan king named Tarquin the Proud
*Declare never again to be ruled by king!
Romans establish republic
Government in which citizens elect leaders, who then make the decisions -
500 BCE
Cleisthenes
statesmen who rules around 500 BC and reforms the idea of democracy by splitting Athens into ten groups based on where you live
Increased power of the ecclesia
the assembly of Athenian citizens who ran the government -
499 BCE
Ionian Revolt
Ionian colonies revolt over Persian rule -
493 BCE
Ionian Revolt ends
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490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
25,000 Persians vs. 11,000 Athenians
Athenians under command of Miltiades -
480 BCE
Hellespont Bridge
Xerxes becomes king
480 BC Persians launch new invasion of Greece
builds bridge of boats at the Hellespont -
477 BCE
Athens Golden Age
The Golden Age began -
461 BCE
Pericles
Becomes leading politcian -
451 BCE
12 tables
12 Tables - 451 BC
Roman laws carved onto stone tablets
Become basis for Roman law
Hung in the Forum
Confirm rights of all free citizens to be protected by law -
431 BCE
Peloponnesian Wars
The wars began -
431 BCE
End of golden ages
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429 BCE
Pericles reign ends
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404 BCE
Peloponnesian Wars ends
Sparta wins -
338 BCE
Battle of Chaeronea
King Philip ends Greek independence -
334 BCE
Alexander the Great
invades Persia -
333 BCE
Alexander the Great
Became King of Asia by cutting the Gordian Knot -
331 BCE
Persia is defeated again
Persia is defeated at Gaugamela, Iraq -
326 BCE
Alexander the Great Conquers Indus river Valley
Conquers parts of Indus Valley in 326 B.C. -
264 BCE
Punic wars
The Punic wars begin between Rome and Carthage -
202 BCE
2nd Punic war
Carthage loose in Zama -
146 BCE
Punic wars
Carthage looses the Punic wars to Rome -
44 BCE
Julius Caesar
Names him self Dictator for life
He is also murdered by other Roman leaders -
31 BCE
Civil war
Octavian wins huge naval battle
**Battle of Actium 31 BC - ends Roman Republic -
27 BCE
Octavian
He becomes first Emporer -
27 BCE
Pax Romaan begins
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64
The Great Fire of Rome
Emperor blames the Christians -
180
Pax Romana ends
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313
Constantine legalizes Christianity
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325
Council of Nicaea
They created the Nicene creed -
330
Consatine
He moves the capital of Rome to Byzantium -
380
Theodosius
The Great declares Christianity to be the sole religion of the empire. -
476
Western Rome Falls
