Greece timeline project

By Pratik Bhusal
  • Period: 800 BCE to 146 BCE

    Golden Age

    Athens became very wealthy and powerful as the leader of the Delian league after the Persian wars. Athens economic property led to the golden age of culture and democracy.Pericles was the leader of Athens during the Golden age( 461-429).The Golden age occurred between the Persian and the democracy(479-431 BCE).
  • 499 BCE

    Persain Wars

    Persain Wars
    The Persian empire wanted their revenge after the Athenians helped one of their colonies rebel against Persians.Darius put down the revolt and vowed to defeat.The Persians empire tried to conquer Greece 3 times but ultimately failed.Greeks won the Persians wars Greece is liberated from the threat of the Persians. Sea battle in which Greeks sink 1/3 of Persians fleet. The significance of the Persian Wars is that the Greek city-states united for the first time against the Persian Empire.
  • Period: 498 BCE to 448 BCE

    Persain wars

    The Persian empire wanted their revenge after the Athenians helped one of their colonies rebel against Persians.Darius put down the revolt and vowed to defeat.The Persians empire tried to conquer Greece 3 times but ultimately failed.Greeks won the Persians wars Greece is liberated from the threat of the Persians. Sea battle in which Greeks sink 1/3 of Persians fleet. The significance of the Persian Wars is that the Greek city-states united for the first time against the Persian Empire.
  • 356 BCE

    Alexander The Great

    Alexander The Great
    Alexander the Great also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia, Babylon king of Macedonia who overthrew the Persian empire carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Alexander the Great is primarily important because of the impact that he had on the ancient world. His conquests brought Greek culture to most of the known world at that time, and ushered in the Hellenistic period in which Greek culture was dominant.
  • Period: 356 BCE to 323 BCE

    Alexander The Great

    Alexander the Great also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia, Babylon king of Macedonia who overthrew the Persian empire carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Alexander the Great is primarily important because of the impact that he had on the ancient world. His conquests brought Greek culture to most of the known world at that time, and ushered in the Hellenistic period in which Greek culture was dominant.
  • 323 BCE

    Hellenism

    Hellenism
    Hellenistic Greece corresponds to the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek heartlands by the Roman Republic. This culminated at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC, a crushing Roman victory in the Peloponnese that led to the destruction of Corinth and ushered in the period of Roman Greece. Hellenistic Greece's definitive end was with the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
  • Period: 323 BCE to 146 BCE

    Hellenism

    Hellenistic Greece corresponds to the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek heartlands by the Roman Republic. This culminated at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC, a crushing Roman victory in the Peloponnese that led to the destruction of Corinth and ushered in the period of Roman Greece. Hellenistic Greece's definitive end was with the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
  • 429

    Golden age

    Golden age
    Athens became very wealthy and powerful as the leader of the Delian league after the Persian wars. Athens economic property led to the golden age of culture and democracy.Pericles was the leader of Athens during the Golden age( 461-429).The Golden age occurred between the Persian and the democracy(479-431 BCE).