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776 BCE
1st Olympic games
The games occur every 4 years and is a festival for Zeus -
600 BCE
Greek coins
Greek currency has been invented and has many interesting pictures on them -
550 BCE
The Lliad and the Odyssey
2 literary works by Homer -
508 BCE
Democracy begins
Cleisthenes invents democracy and it's a huge achivement -
490 BCE
Greek/Persian wars
the Greeks fought over a 10 year war but eventually won and the Persians retreated -
432 BCE
Parthenon is built
A temple built to honor Athena and still survives today -
431 BCE
Peloponnesian Wars
A war that was fought between Athens and Sparta. -
386 BCE
The Academy
Plato creates a school for philosophy called the Academy -
333 BCE
Alexander the King
Alexander the great is king after his father is executed -
332 BCE
Alexander's Empire
Alexander conquers Egypt, Southern Europe, and West Asia
