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Wandering tribes settle in Greece and one of the most influential classical civilizations to western thought and culture begins.
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The Trojan war ended when the Greeks used a wooden horse to invade and overrun the Trojan city of Troy
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Bronze Age Greece was inhabited by the Mycenaean people. They took their name form the capital city, Mycenaean.
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The Trojan war between the Greeks and The Trojans inhabitants of Troy began
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Mycenaean Greece was invaded by Dorian tribesmen from the north. The Dorians had iron weapons which they use to good effect to defeat and conquer the Mycenaeans.
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The Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet.
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First recorded Olympic games. The games were held at Olympia.
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This was a disagreement between the Messenians and the Spartans that led to war
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The first Messenian war ended in victory for the Spartans
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The rule of aristocratic leaders was challenged by lesser aristocrats.
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The laws of Athens had previously been a set of oral laws.
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The first Greek coins appeared.
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Democracy began in Athens.
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The philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras, died in Metapontum.
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The First Persian war began when Persia sent an invasion force into Athens in retaliation for its participation in a Greek raid on Persia.
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The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Battle of Marathon
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The Second Persian war began when Persia’s King Xerxes led an invasion force into Greece.
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The Persians defeated the Greeks in the Battle off Thermopylae
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The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Battle of Salamis
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The Parthenon was completed. The temple was built in Athens to house a statue of Goddess Athena so that she could watch over the city.
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The Peloponnesian wars between Athens and Sparta.
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Athens lost the Peloponnesian Wars. The Athenian democratic government was removed and replaced by a ruling body of 30 tyrants.
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Democracy was restored to Athens.
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The philosopher Socrates, founder of philosophy, being disrespectful to the Gods.
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The philosopher Plato, student of Socrates, founded the Academy in Athens.
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The philosopher, Plato, student of Socrates, founder of The Academy and author of The Republic died in Athens.
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The Catapult was invented at Syracruse
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The League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, was founded by Philip II to boost support against Persia.
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The mathematician and engineer, Archimedes, was assassinated in Syracuse.
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The Romans defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Corinth and Greece became part of the Roman Empire
