Ancient Greece

By Lidia González Ibarlucea
  • 2700 BCE

    Minoan Civilization

    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

    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

    The Great Age Of Myceanea
  • 1100 BCE

    Greek Dark Ages

    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

    Greek Alphabet Is Created
  • 776 BCE

    The First Olympic Games

    The First Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games were created in Athens, Greece, nowadays we keep doing it.
  • 750 BCE

    The Greek Colonization

    The Greek Colonization
  • 750 BCE

    Archaic Period

    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

    Development Of Democracy
  • 490 BCE

    Great Achievements In Arts

    Great Achievements In Arts
  • 490 BCE

    Persian Wars

    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

    Classical Period
    A period of great achievements in art and literature.
  • 460 BCE

    The First Peloponnesian War

    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

    Sparta Dominates The Greek World
  • 346 BCE

    Philip II Conquered Hellas

    Philip II Conquered Hellas
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander The Great Becames The Ruler Of Greece

    Alexander The Great Becames The Ruler Of Greece
  • 336 BCE

    Hellenistic Period

    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

    Alexander The Great Invades The Persian Empire
  • 323 BCE

    Alexander The Great Die

    Alexander The Great Die
  • 146 BCE

    The Romans Conquered Greece

    The Romans Conquered Greece
    The Romans conquered Greece and it was the end of the civilization.