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5000 BCE
The Island of Crete is settled
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Period: 5000 BCE to
Ancient Greece
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2500 BCE
Minoan civilization developed on the Island of Crete
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2000 BCE
Mycenaean arrive in Greece from the island of Crete
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1700 BCE
Construction of the Palace Knossos begins
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1600 BCE
The first plumbing/sewer system is built
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1450 BCE
Mycenaeans conquer the Palace of Knossos on Crete
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1380 BCE
The Palace of Knossos is destroyed by an earthquake
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1200 BCE
the island volcano Santorini explodes damaging Minoan Culture
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1100 BCE
The city state of Sparta begins to form
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776 BCE
The first Olympic games are held in Olympia
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594 BCE
Democracy begins in Athens
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594 BCE
Democracy begins in Athens
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500 BCE
the golden age of Greece begins advances in meny field of studey
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490 BCE
The battle of Marathon: the Greeks defeat the Persians
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469 BCE
Socrates is born
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428 BCE
Plato is born
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394 BCE
The Olympic Games are outlawed by Roman Emperor Theodosius I
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384 BCE
Aristotle is born
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331 BCE
Alexander conquers Egypt, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia and Persia
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324 BCE
Alexander's army stops at the Indus river
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The Olympic Games begin again in Athens
