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  • 323

    Alexander the Great dies

    Alexander the Great dies
    323 BC Alexander the Great dies
  • 404

    Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends

    Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
    404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
  • 431

    The Peloponnesian War begins

    The Peloponnesian War begins
    431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies
  • 432

    The Parthenon is completed

    The Parthenon is completed
  • 505

    Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens

    Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens
    in 505BC cleistenes introduced democracy in Athens
  • Jul 20, 600

    Greek coin

    Greek coin
    In 600 BC the Greek Coin currency was introduced.
  • Jul 20, 650

    650 BC The Rise of the Greek tyrants

    650 BC The Rise of the Greek tyrants
  • Jul 20, 730

    First messenian war

    First messenian war
    730-710 BC - the First Messenian War and the Spartans conquer southwest Peloponnesia.
  • Jul 20, 776

    olympic games

    olympic games
    776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )
  • Jul 21, 1050

    The Dark Ages

    The Dark Ages
    1050-750 BC: The Dark Ages of Greece and the fall of the Mycenean culture
  • Jul 21, 1200

    The Trojan War

    The Trojan War
    1200 BC The Trojan War and the destruction of Troy (Ilium)
  • Jul 20, 1400

    Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World

    Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World
    1400 BC Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World

  • Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive

    Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive
    2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )

  • 490 BC Greek / Persian Wars led by Xerxes

    490 BC Greek / Persian Wars led by Xerxes
    In 490 BC Xerxes led the Greek war against the Persian

  • Construction of the Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens

    Construction of the Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens
    449 -432 BC: Construction of the Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens

  • Alphabet introduced

    Alphabet introduced
    899‐800 BC New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop

  • Homer writes the ILIAD

    Homer writes the ILIAD
    800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD

  • democracy started

    509 BC Democracy develops

  • First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

    First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon
    490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

  • Second Persian Invasion

    Second Persian Invasion
    480 BC Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA

  • Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

    Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece
    338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

  • Alexander conquers the Persian Empire

    Alexander conquers the Persian Empire
    329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire

  • Rome conquers Greece

    187 BC Rome conquers Greece
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    Ancient Greece