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Period: 2000 BCE to
First Settlers
Wandering tribes begin to settle in Greece. -
Period: 1600 BCE to
Mycenaean Greece
Bronze Age Greece was inhabited by the Mycenaean people. -
Period: 1194 BCE to 1194
Trojan War
The Trojan war between the Greeks and the Trojans (inhabitants of Troy) began -
Period: 1184 BCE to 1184
Trojan War
The Trojan war ended when the Greeks used a wooden horse to invade -
Period: 1100 BCE to 1100
Dorian Invaders
Mycenaean Greece was invaded by Dorian tribesmen from the north. -
Period: 800 BCE to 800
Homer
Homer composed his poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey -
Period: 743 BCE to 743
First Messenian War
This was a disagreement between the Messenians and the Spartans that led to war -
Period: 724 BCE to 724
First Messenian War
The first Messenian war ended in victory for the Spartans -
Period: 621 BCE to 621 BCE
Draco’s Code of Law
The laws of Athens had previously been a set of oral laws. -
Period: 600 BCE to 600
money
The first Greek coins appeared. -
Period: 580 BCE to 580
Democracy
Democracy began in Athens. -
Period: 495 BCE to 495
Pythagoras
The philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras, died in metapontum. -
Period: 490 BCE to 490
First Persian War
The First Persian war began when Persia sent an invasion force into Athens in retaliation -
Period: 490 BCE to 490
Battle of Marathon
The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Battle of Marathon -
Period: 480 BCE to 480
Second Persian War
The Second Persian war began when Persia’s King Xerxes led an invasion force into Greece. -
Period: 480 BCE to 480
Battle of Thermopylae
The Persians defeated the Greeks in the Battle off Thermopylae -
Period: 480 BCE to 480
Battle of Salamis
The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Battle of Salamis -
Period: 776 to 776
First Olympic Games
First recorded Olympic games. The games were held at Olympia. -
Period: 850 to 850
Alphabet
The Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet