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323
BC
Alexander the Great died. -
404
BC
Sparta defeated Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends.The competing Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta had very opposing cultures and governments, but both managed to grasp power over Greece. Athens, with its free speaking democracy, allied with many smaller city-states to form a powerful rule. Sparta, with its strong military, conquered many lands and forced them into submission. Athens and Sparta flourished during their time as powerful governments, but both eventually fell. -
431
BC
The Peloponnesian war begins- Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies.The Peloponnesian War was fought between two groups of Greek allies. One was the Peloponnesian League, which had Sparta as its leader. The other leader was Athens, which controlled the The Delian League. -
432
BC
The parthenon is completed.The building of the Parthenon began in the year 448 BC and was completed in 432 BC It was built as a part of the acropolis in Athens and it served two main purposes. First, the temple was built as a monument to Athena, and therefore a statue of Athena was built. Second, it was also a part of the state treasury. -
Jan 1, 776
BC
First Pan Hellenic athletes contest (Olympic Games). This event has now grown to a huge world-wide event celebrate by everyone. -
Jan 1, 1100
BC
The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s.The Mycenaeans were great warriors, but they fought with stone weapons. The newcomers, the Dorians, had iron weapons. The Mycenaeans did not have a chance of winning against such superior equipment. Historians and archaeologists have found written records left by the early tribes on the Greek peninsula that tell how they tried to save their women and children by moving them from one town to another, and how they stockpiled war material in preparation for the -
Jan 1, 1100
BC
First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast. -
Jan 1, 1400
BC
Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean world. The Minoans dominated the Aegean world until the Mycenaeans took control of the region. The Mycenaeans adopted features of the Minoan culture. For example, they adapted the Minoan writing system to Greek -
BC
Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrived. These Greeks were the first known speaking tribes in Greece. -
BC
Rome conquered Greece. -
BC
The first Persian invasion and the Battle of Marathon.The battle of Marathon is one of history's most famous military engagements. It is also one of the earliest recorded battles. Their victory over the Persian invaders gave the fledgling Greek city states confidence in their ability to defend themselves and belief in their continued existence. The battle is therefore considered a defining moment in the development of European culture. -
BC
Democracy Developed. The ancient greeks were extremely smart they invented democracy. We now use democracy here in Australia and is used in many countries. -
BC
Homer wrote the Iliad. The Iliad is an epic poem, a long narrative work about heroic exploits that is elevated in tone and highly formal in its language. It was composed in ancient Greek and transmitted orally before it was written down. Many modern translators present the Iliad in prose, making it read like a novel. -
BC-899 BC
New form of writing-the alpabet was introduced- and City States developed. City States were formed by villages coming together to make stronger trading centers. -
BC
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire.To conquer Persia was to conquer the world, for the Persian Empire sprawled over most of the known world: Asia Minor, the Middle East, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran. He didn't have much to go on: his army numbered thirty thousand infantry and only five thousand cavalry. He had no navy. He had no money. -
BC
Philip II of Macedon conquered all of Greece. King Philip II ruled Macedonia from 359 to 336 BC. He was born in Pella, the capital of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, as the youngest son of king Amyntas III. After his fathers death, Macedonia slowly disintegrated as his elder brothers and future kings Alexander II and Perdiccas III, unsuccessfully fought against the continuous attacks of the neighboring Thracians, Illyrians, and Greeks. -
BC
The second Persian invasion. Greeks defeated at Thermopylae but they are triumphant at Salamis and Plataea.During the ten years following the First Iranian Invasion of Greece, Darius the Great' son Xerxes became the new Persian King of Kings and began preparations for another invasion of Greece. He started his preparations by sending envoys to spread propaganda designed to induce as many areas of Greece to capitulate without a fight as possible. -
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The alphabet was introduced. -
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Ancient Greece
