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2900 BCE
Minoan Period Begins
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1900 BCE
Greeks Arrive on Mainland
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1900 BCE
Start of Bronze Age in Aegean
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1600 BCE
Start of Mycenaean Period
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1250 BCE
Defeated the City of Troy
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1200 BCE
Destruction of Mycenaean Centers in Greece
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1150 BCE
End of Minoan Period
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1150 BCE
End of Mycenaean Period
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1100 BCE
End of Bronze Age in Aegean
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1100 BCE
Mycenaean world completely gone
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1100 BCE
Beginning of the "Dark Ages"
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800 BCE
Greek Polis & Hoplite Phalanx begin to form
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776 BCE
First Olympic Games
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750 BCE
"Dark Ages" comes to an end
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750 BCE
Greek Cities Begin to Spread to Mediterranean Coasts
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750 BCE
First True Alphabet was created
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725 BCE
Homer writes his famous works
Homer writes the Iliad and The Odyssey explaining hers of earlier times, most likely about the battle over the city of Troy -
725 BCE
First Messenian War
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700 BCE
Probable date of Hesoid
It is during this time it is estimated Hesoid wrote his now famous work the Works and Days about a farmer's life. -
700 BCE
The Rise of Tyranny
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650 BCE
The Second Messenia War
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594 BCE
Solon Gives Athens New Constitution
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510 BCE
Sparta invades Athens
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500 BCE
The End to the Tyranny
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490 BCE
Start of the Persian Wars
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479 BCE
End of the Persian Wars
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447 BCE
Work Starts on the Parthenon
Athens is currently in the height of its glory -
431 BCE
The Beginning of the 2nd Poloponnesian War
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404 BCE
End of the 2nd Polopnnesian War
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399 BCE
Socrates is condemned to death
For his beliefs being against the mainstream societal views of the current time period -
338 BCE
King Phillip II defeats the Greek city-states