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1600 BCE
Minoan civilization as its height
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594 BCE
Solon appointed archon
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509 BCE
the Romans establish a republic
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460 BCE
age or Pericles marks the height of democracy in Athens
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431 BCE
pelopennesian war begins
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331 BCE
Alexander the great conquers the Persian empire
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323 BCE
the Hellenistic age begins
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218 BCE
the Carthaginian general Hannibal invades Italy during the Punic wars
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133 BCE
dominance in the Mediterranean passes from Greece to Rome
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27
the roman republic ends. Augustus founds the roman empire
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284
Diocletian divides the roman empire into two parts
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312
the capital of the roman empire moves eastward to Constantinople
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392
Christianity becomes the official roman religion
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476
odoacer a Germanic leader unseats the last roman emperor