Ancient Greece

colonization

900 BCE

Ancient Greeks were sailors and explorers, settling regions around the Mediterranean Sea. The Greeks began founding colonies as far back as 900 to 700 B.C.E. These colonies were founded to provide a release for Greek overpopulation, land hunger, and political unrest.

Trade in greece

757 BCE

colonizers established trade contacts with near eastern people and persians. Within greece Within Greece the expansion to the east had a significant effect on life and art.

Greece City States

750 BCE

Between 750-600 B.C. greek colonies were built from the mediterranean to the asian minor. The first state in greece was Argos. The map represents where the first city states were built which were near Sparta.

Greek military

600 BCE

"Greek military leaders trained the heavily armed hoplite soldiers to fight in a massive formation called a phalanx: standing shoulder to shoulder, the men were protected by their neighbor's shield. This intimidating technique played an important role in the Persian Wars and helped the Greeks build their empire." This a fact about how men survived during wars, they protected one another.

Athens first democracy

508 BCE

All citizens could vote but only the half of athens were citizens "Athenian population in Ancient Greece. For example, in Athens in the middle of the 4th century there were about 100,000 citizens... and 150,000 slaves. Out of all those people, only male citizens who were older than 18 were a part of the demos, meaning only about 40,000 people could participate in the democratic process."

Athens defeat

450 BCE

A year after their defeat of athens, the spartans allowed the people of Athen to replace the government of the thirty tyrants with new democracy since citizens could vote.