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Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE
Colonisation of the Mediterranean and Black Seas
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Period: 800 BCE to 700 BCE
Homer writes Iliad and Odyssey
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Period: 800 BCE to 480 BCE
Archaic Period
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776 BCE
Olympic Games Began
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750 BCE
Greek Colonies Established in Italy and Sicily
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750 BCE
Greek Alphabet Used for the First Time
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743 BCE
First Messenian War Begins
War between Messenia and Sparta triggered by a Messenian Olympian stealing cattle from his Spartan landlord after years of tentions between the city-states -
734 BCE
Polydorus,Ruler of Sparta, Sends Colonists to Italy
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725 BCE
Lelantine War
Chalcis and Eretria city-states battled over a fertile area of land called the Lelantine Plains for unknown reasons -
685 BCE
Second Messenian War Begins
War between Messinia and Sparta resulting from a revolt of the Helots in Messinia who invaded Sparta in escaping -
Period: 645 BCE to 560 BCE
Spartan Wars with Tegea
All were unsuccessful for the Spartans -
622 BCE
Laws of Draco Implemented
Harsh laws beginning a drastic change in society, noted for their severity in imposing heavy punishment -
594 BCE
Changes Brought on By Solon
Changes society to be fairer to the lower classes, but without remeving the cause of their low status -
570 BCE
Art and Architecture Begins to Change
Pottery begins to turn to the now-famous Red-Figure style, stone became more common in buildings -
Period: 546 BCE to 545 BCE
Persians Conquest Ionians City-States
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515 BCE
Hippras becomes ruler of Athens
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508 BCE
Clenisthenes improves equality in Athens
New laws implemented that aristocrats were not given so much privilege and the four major family groups were split into ten. He enforced the first version of democracy. -
499 BCE
Ionians Begin to Rebel Against Persian Rule
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490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
Battle against the Persians who attempted to take control of Greece, Greeks were victorious in this battle but lost the overall war.