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5000 BCE
the island of Crete is settled
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2500 BCE
Minoan civilization developed on the island of Crete
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2300 BCE
Minoan language Liner A is developed
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2000 BCE
Mycenaeans arrive in Greece from the island of Crete
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1600 BCE
The first plumbing/sewer system is built
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1600 BCE
Athens and Mycenae are established by the Mycenaeans
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1380 BCE
Palace of Knossos is destroyed by an earthquake
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1100 BCE
The city-state of Sparta begins to form
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776 BCE
The first Olympic games are held in Olympia
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750 BCE
The Mycenaeans settle in Ionia
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594 BCE
Democracy begins in Athens
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490 BCE
The battle of marathon:the Greeks defeat the Persians
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480 BCE
The battle of Thermopylae:the Persians defeat the Greeks badly
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480 BCE
The battle of Salsmis: the Greeks destroy the Persian navy;Xerxes leaves
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469 BCE
Socrates is born
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428 BCE
Plato is born
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394 BCE
The Olympic Games are outlawed by Roman Emperor Theodosius I
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384 BCE
Aristotle was born
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331 BCE
Alexander conquers Egypt,Asia Minor,Mesopotamia and Persia
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324 BCE
Alexander's army stops at the Indus River
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27 BCE
Greece officially becomes part of the Roman Empire
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The Olympic Games begin again in Athens
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Ancient Greece