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1600 BCE
minoan civilization reaches its height/greatest success
minoan civilization reaches its height/greatest success -
1400 BCE
mycenaeans settle and take control of the aegean sea
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1250 BCE
trojan war
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750 BCE
greek polis' take place
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750 BCE
homer writes the epic poems of the iliad and the odyssey
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480 BCE
xerxes, king of persia, sends troops to conquer greeks: persian war begins
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460 BCE
age of perciles marks the height of democracy in athens
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431 BCE
peloponnesian war breaks out
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338 BCE
king philip II gains throne as king of macedonia
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332 BCE
alexander the great conquers persia
