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Period: 2200 BCE to 1500 BCE
Middle Minoan period
Civilization was at its peak and very influential, Mycenaean then took over and the written language had changed. -
Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Mycenaean Age
High cultural achievement and was the base for myths of the heroes. The Mycenaean Age was named after the kingdom of Mycenae -
1250 BCE
Traditional date of the Trojan war
Fight between the Greeks and the defenders of Troy in Anatolia. -
1100 BCE
Greek dark ages
It was the fall of the Mycenaean age,after the Trojan wars had stopped the Mycenaeans fought amongst each other. -
776 BCE
The First Olympics
The first Olympic games was held in Greece and was not managed very well. -
750 BCE
Homer composes the Odyssey
Homer composed the Odyssey which was the second of 2 epic poems. -
550 BCE
Democracy begins in Athens
First democratic scroll was first written in Athens. -
490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
The battle of Marathon was a war between The Greeks and the Persians in which the Greeks win. -
480 BCE
Battle of Salamis
The Greeks had defeated the Persians in a Naval War. -
450 BCE
Athens takes control of an empire
Athens had taken control of a large empire. -
440 BCE
Greek plays performed in Athens
Greek theater began in Athens, they performed tragedy plays. -
432 BCE
Parthenon is finished in Athens
Parthenon was a Greek temple served as a city treasury. -
431 BCE
War between Athens and Sparta
Sparta attacked Athens from 431 BCE to 401 BCE in which Sparta won in 404 BCE. -
336 BCE
Alexander the great conquers all
Alexander the great had conquered and taken over Greece -
146 BCE
Greece is conquered by Rome
Rome had continued their conquest on Greece, they were then finally defeated in the battle of Corinth in 146 BCE
