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334
Alexander Conquered the Persians
He led 50,000 soliders across the Hellespant into Anatolia using the Persian Royal Road. His army of 40,000 men rushed on to defeat Persia. After a hard battle, Alexander had found the way to the back of the Persian army by using the captured soldiers. The Persians had finally been conquered. -
421
Peloponnesian War
First, the Athens food supply was burned. Eventually, the Peloponnesians and the Greeks both signed a peace treaty. Howere, more fighting ensued in 415 BC, when Athenians sent a huge fleet carrying more than 20,000 soliders into Sicily.The Athenians were badly defeated in 413 B.C. -
470
Athens Golden Age
Pericles had popular support for 32 years. He was a wise and able statesman. He created a much stronger democracy. In fact, it grew so large it reached 200 city-states. -
500
Cleisthenes Takes Power in Athens
This leader divided citizens into ten groups based on where they lived, instead of how much money they had. he also decided that all citizens could submit laws that could be up for debate and passage. He created the Council of 500, the group responsible for running the daily affairs of/in the city. -
Mar 27, 602
Persian Wars- Persians Conquer Anatolia
This is where the Persian Wars started. When the Persians conquered the area where the Greeks had been setteled, the Greeks revolted against them, and Athens sent in soldiers to aid the Greek. After the Persians defeated them, they vowed to set out in revenge for Athens. -
May 30, 621
Draco Takes Power in Athens
Draco, a wealthy nobleman takes over; "he developed a legal code based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under law," (World History, 128). -
Feb 28, 725
Sparta Dominates the Messinians
Sparta conquers Messenia and Messenians become helots, (peasants forced to work and stay on their land). Sick of being under such harsh rule, they revolted and the Spartans were out numbered 8:1. Realizing their vulnerability, they decided to make themselves a strong city-state. -
Apr 28, 750
Homer Wrote his Epics
A blind man wrote epics, (a poem following a very strict format,) of heroic deeds. He was considered to be one of the greatest story-tellers of all time. He wrote many popular pieces of literature such as The Illiad, The Oddessey, etc. -
Mar 27, 1200
The Trojan War
The Mycenaens fought a brutal war against Troy. This decade-long event occured because "a greek army besieged and destroyed Troy because a Trojan prince had kidnapped Helen, the beautiful wife of a Greek king," (World History, 125). -
Solon Takes Power in Athens
Solon outlawed debt slavery. He also organized people into four classes based on their wealth. Only the second, third, and fourth classes (from the top; i.e. fourth class being the richest) could hold political office. However, any citizen could bring up charges agains wrongdoers. -
Persian Wars: Marathon
This was the first Persian intrusion fought between Athens and the Persians, led by Datis and Artaphernes. This first invasion was because of the Greeks had sent aid (soldiers and weapons) to the Ionians in the Ionian revolt. The Persians were not successful in taking down Greece. -
Thermopylae and Salamis
Darius the Great's son and Xeres, both Persian, assembled an enormous invasion force to crush Athens and Greece. Greeks were badly out numbered. About 7,000 Greeks and 300 Spartans blocked Xeres' way. After, a brutal seven day battle, all Spartans were killed. Xeres had successfully invaded Greece. -
Delian League Forms
It took its name from Delos, the island in the Aegean. League members had continued to press war against Persians for several years. This league eventually drove the threatening and violent Persians from the terroritoies surronding Greece. Threats of future attacks were then ended. -
Phillip of Macedonia Takes Control of Greece
Phillip II became king of Macedonia. He was only 23 years old. He was responsible for having transormed the rugged peasants that lived there. He had planned to invade Persia but he was killed in 336 B.C. -
The Minoan Civilization
The Minoans were very influencial to the Mycenian culture in the Mediterranean world. They ispried many art, learning, and culture aspects to the other civilizations surrounding them.
