Ancient Greece

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  • Period: 800 BCE to 508 BCE

    Archaic Period

    Its when Homer wrote stories and the Olympic games started
  • 776 BCE

    Olympics Started

    Olympics Started
    All male contestants were naked. Only male citizens were allowed to compete. The events that they had were running, shot put, long jump, javelin, boxing, prakration, and equestrian events.
  • 750 BCE

    Homer Publishes Iliad And The Odyssey

    Homer Publishes Iliad And The Odyssey
    Iliad means lion. It is about the Trojan War. The word Odyssey means the figurative one. Its about Odysseys 10 year journey home from the Trojan War.
  • 478 BCE

    Delian League Was Created By Athens

    Delian League Was Created By Athens
    Delian League was formed by Athens. Pericles started it. It was important because it gave money to pay for things. The Delian League turned into a Athenian Empire
  • 470 BCE

    Birth of Socrates

    Birth of Socrates
    Born in Athens. Got a good education. Learned how to become a mason at a young age. Participated in 3 military campaigns. People thought he was annoying so they took a vote to see if he sould be executed or not and 280 people voted execute him and 220 people voted dont execute him. They put him to death by poisining him.
  • 432 BCE

    Parthenon Was Built

    Parthenon Was Built
    45 feet tall and it cost 470 silver talents which is $7 million US dollars. It broke down and they rebuilt it.
  • 430 BCE

    Plague

    Plague
    The Plague was a disease in Athens that killed 75,000 to 100,000 people. If you survived you would often have something wrong with you fingers or toes.
  • 384 BCE

    Birth Of Aristotle

    Birth Of Aristotle
    He valued men above women. He went to Platos school. After 20 years he left Platos school and started his own school called the Lyceum.
  • 356 BCE

    Birth Of Alexander The Great

    Birth Of Alexander The Great
    Born in Pella, Greece. He married 3 different people. He had 2 children. Conquered Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, the middle east and Egypt. Had an army of 35,000 men. Son of King Phillip. One of Aristotles students.
  • 288 BCE

    Library Of Alexandria Was Opened

    Library Of Alexandria Was Opened
    There were 700,000 scrolls at the Library of Alexandria. By 400 A.D it vanished. At the Library of Alexandria there were a lot of important discoveries made about the Earth, math, books, writing, and grammar