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2000 BC
In 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks (one of the four well know tribes) arrived to greece. They were first known Greek‐speaking tribes. -
1400 BC
In 400 BC Mycenaean’s was in control of the Aegean World. -
1100 BC
In 1100 BC The Greeks culture enters the so-called Dark Ages,
when the Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast.Greek culture enters the so-called Dark Ages -
899‐800 BC
In 899‐800 BC a new form of writing – the alphabet introduced by Phoenician.The Greek alphabet is a set of twenty-four letters. The City States were develop. -
800 BC
In 800 BC Homer was a Greek poet and lived around 700 BC, he was a poet and he wrote the ILIAD. -
776 BC
In 776 BC the first Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games ) -
509 BC
In 509 BC Democracy developed. -
490 BC
In 490 BC the first Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon there was around 25,000 men that reached Marathon. -
480 BC
In 480 BC second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA. -
432 BC
In 432 BC the Parthenon temple was fifnished being built for Athena.It is one of the most important Ancient Greek building. -
431 BC
In 431 BC the Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies.The Peloponnesian War reshaped the Ancient Greek world. -
404 BC
In 404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends. -
338 BC
In 338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece. He did this to seek revenge on the Greeks for keeping him in hostage. -
329 BC
In 329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire. He also seeked revenge but on the Persians for their invasion of Greece in 490 B.C.E. -
323 BC
In 323 BC Alexander the Great dies. He died from a illness at 33 years of age. -
187 BC
In 187 BC Rome takes over Greece. But the Greek culture still went on.
