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2700 BCE
Minoan Civilization
They were the first greek civilization, appears in the island of Crete.
Their economy were based in the trade, they trade with the Mesopotamians and Egyptians.
They have and alphabet called Linear A.
They had very important palace, called Palace of Knossos.
They were polytheists, and also they have a religous ritul called "Bull-leaping", that consisted of grasping the bulls’ horns and catapulting yourself onto its back and then onto the ground.
Around the 1600 BCE they went into decline. -
1900 BCE
Mycenaean Civilization
They come to Greece, the Balkan Peninsula, from the central of Europe.
They lived in small kingoms.
They have a system of writting, called the Linear B.
They lived in walled cities, with an acropolis, with the most important buildings inside, the acropolis were in the top of the hill.
They have 2 types of tombs, one for the royal families and the nobles and the other for the other people. -
1400 BCE
The Great Age Of Myceanea
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1100 BCE
Greek Dark Ages
We know very little abut this period, because the greeks lost the art of writtng , so they left no written records.
In this period the population of Greece had fallen hugely.This was mos probably due to the widespread famine and warfare that hit the region at the end of the Mycenaean period. -
800 BCE
Greek Alphabet Is Created
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776 BCE
The First Olympic Games
The Olympic Games were created in Athens, Greece, nowadays we keep doing it. -
750 BCE
The Greek Colonization
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750 BCE
Archaic Period
Greek culture was showing marked of revival. The Greek population grew and there was and increasing contact with other lands. -
508 BCE
Development Of Democracy
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490 BCE
Great Achievements In Arts
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490 BCE
Persian Wars
The Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Persian Empire and the city-states of the Hellenic world that began in 490 BC. and extended until the year 449 a.c -
480 BCE
Classical Period
A period of great achievements in art and literature. -
460 BCE
The First Peloponnesian War
The First Peloponnesian War was a confrontation between Sparta and other Spartan allies and the Delian League which enjoyed the support of Argos. There are several causes that triggered it, including the rebuilding of the long Athenian walls, the change of sides of Megara and the Spartan suspicion of the growth of the Athenian empire. -
403 BCE
Sparta Dominates The Greek World
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346 BCE
Philip II Conquered Hellas
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336 BCE
Alexander The Great Becames The Ruler Of Greece
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336 BCE
Hellenistic Period
It is called the Hellenistic period to a historical stage of Antiquity whose chronological limits are marked by two important political events: the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the suicide of the last Hellenistic ruler, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and her lover Mark Antony, after their defeat at the Battle of Actium (31 BC). -
334 BCE
Alexander The Great Invades The Persian Empire
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323 BCE
Alexander The Great Die
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146 BCE
The Romans Conquered Greece
The Romans conquered Greece and it was the end of the civilization.