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In 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks (one of the four well know tribes) arrived to greece. They were first known Greek‐speaking tribes.
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In 400 BC Mycenaean’s was in control of the Aegean World.
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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 -
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.
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In 800 BC Homer was a Greek poet and lived around 700 BC, he was a poet and he wrote the ILIAD.
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In 776 BC the first Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )
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In 509 BC Democracy developed.
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In 490 BC the first Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon there was around 25,000 men that reached Marathon.
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In 480 BC second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA.
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In 432 BC the Parthenon temple was fifnished being built for Athena.It is one of the most important Ancient Greek building.
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In 431 BC the Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies.The Peloponnesian War reshaped the Ancient Greek world.
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In 404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends.
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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.
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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.
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In 323 BC Alexander the Great dies. He died from a illness at 33 years of age.
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In 187 BC Rome takes over Greece. But the Greek culture still went on.
