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323 BC Alexander the Great dies
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404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
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431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins – The peloponnesian was a territorial, economic, and political conflict between the Spartan-led Peloponnesian league and the Athenian-led Delian League.
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432 BC The Parthenon is completed- The Parthenon was built for and dedicated to the Greek Godess Athena.
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776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )- The Olympics were held in the honor of the Greek Gods and women weren't allowed to watch the Olympic Games. Only Greek nationals could participate.
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1100 BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast.
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Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World
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2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )
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187 BC Rome conquers Greece
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329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire
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338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece.
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480 BC Second Persian Invasion –
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490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon.
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509 BC Democracy develops- Each year, 500 names were drawn from all the citizens of Athens. Those 500 citizens had to serve for one year as the law makers of ancient Athens.
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800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD
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899‐800 BC New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop- The Greeks were the first to develop an alphabet with vowels.
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