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1000 BCE
2000-1000 BC
Dorian and Ionian Greeks lived in family groups or tribes, leading a wandering or nomadic existence all over northern Greece. -
Period: 800 BCE to 550 BCE
800-550 BC
A period of expansion. Greeks moved out from their city-states and established colonies throughout the Meditteranean area. They created an empire. -
Period: 750 BCE to 700 BCE
750-700 BC
A famous Greek, Homer, created his epic stories The Iliad and The Odyssey. His stories involved, heroes, dangerous journeys to strange lands, exotic and deadly monsters, and love and war. -
700 BCE
1000-700 BC
These nomadic groups destroyed other important civilisations in the area. -
Period: 600 BCE to 500 BCE
600-500 BC
This period is known as the Golden Age of Greek civilisation. It is seen as golden because many new ways of governing, thinking and creating were experimented with. Examples of this would be the democratic laws and reforms in the city-state of Athens. -
Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
500-300 BC
The decline of the Greek city-state and the rise of the area of Greece known Macedonia. -
Period: 336 BCE to 324 BCE
336-324 BC
Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedonia. He was a famous leader and military commander and created a large Empire which extended from the Mediterranean to the Middle East. The empire disintegrated after his death.
