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Greek Timeline

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  • Period: 7000 BCE to 3200 BCE

    Neolithic Period

    This period first began with a boom in agriculture and the arts, establishing the foundation for Greek society in the future. During this time most houses were simple on room structures made of mud brick.
  • Period: 3200 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Bronze Age

    During this period Greece saw the introduction of a class system, this occurred due to the appearance of valuables such as gold, silver and fittingly bronze. The housing during this period upgraded from simple mud brick to a more sturdy home made of stone. People during this time were buried in basic pits.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Mycenaean Age

    The Mycenaean Age occurred during the last phase of the bronze age, it represented a shift to the first advanced civilization in ancient Greece with it’s organization, art and writing system. It was during this period that Agamemnon led the Greeks in the Trojan War.
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 800 BCE

    Homer

    Homer was the most famous poet of his time, he was attributed as the writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey despite not knowing if he actually created them. Nobody knows the exact dates when he lived though it’s believed to be between 1200bc and 800bc.
  • Period: 1194 BCE to 1184 BCE

    Trojan War

    The Trojan War occurred after Paris of Troy disobeyed Xenia and whisked Helen (the face that launched a thousand ships) back to Troy. The war lasted 10 years until Odysseus came up with the plan to present a giant horse as a gift like they were retreating only to jump out and open the gates.
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 800 BCE

    Dark Age of Greece

    The Dark Age represented a stalemate or even a decrease in Greek culture as it also marked the end of the Mycenaean empire, most of the palace’s and other important structures were vandalized. The Greeks also stopped trade outside of the country during this period.
  • Period: 800 BCE to 400

    Olympic Games

    The original Olympic Games were events participated by men for glory to their own polis. The events raced from wrestling to other events like chariot racing. Each if the city states would send a team, usually one of the rivals Sparta or Athens would win.
  • Period: 750 BCE to 480 BCE

    Archaic Period

    The Archaic Period saw vast improvements in politics, economics, foreign relations, warfare and culture. The Archaic Period was the industrial revolution Greece due to the massive increase in the aforementioned but the population as well. The end of this period was marked by the Greco-Persian Wars.
  • Period: 650 BCE to 600 BCE

    Draco

    Draco was given the moniker the ’Law Giver’ due to him making a set of laws with brutal punishments to try and stabilize the post tyrannical Greece populace. The punishments for most crimes were execution in order to stop the blood feuds. If you couldn’t pay people back you were made a slave.
  • Period: 640 BCE to 558 BCE

    Solon

    Solon was a Greek philosopher, poet and politician given the epithet the ‘Reformer’ due to a set of reforms he placed upon Greece. He revaluated the laws Draco made, he also had to deal with the debt crisis caused by Draco.
  • Period: 608 BCE to 528 BCE

    Peisistratus

    Peisistratus was a tyrant who stood up for the lower class of Athens, he was also known for bringing peace to the city despite both Draco and Solon having failed to previously.
  • Period: 570 BCE to 508 BCE

    Cleisthenes

    He is credited with reforming the old laws of the Athenian constitution and helping to establish democracy in the capital. He was the maternal grand-uncle of Pericles.
  • Period: 550 BCE to 486 BCE

    Darius

    Darius the 1st, also known as Darius the great led the Persian Empire at it’s peak and was succeeded by Xerxes. Darius was not only the King of the Persians but the Egyptian Pharaoh as well.
  • Period: 540 BCE to 480 BCE

    Leonidas

    Leonidas the 1st was the warrior king of the Greek Polis Sparta, he is remembered best for his efforts in leading his Spartan forces in the second Persian War culminating in his death in the battle of Thermoplyae
  • Period: 534 BCE to 534 BCE

    Origins of Theatre

    The Theatre originated from series of festivals honouring Dionysus, the god of culture. The festival was called ‘City Dionysia’ and it was held in Athens as the most powerful city during this time.
  • Period: 524 BCE to 459 BCE

    Themistocles

    Themistocles was an Athenian Politician and General, he was instrumental in Greece’s win over Persia having persuaded the leaders into making 200 triremes. The Spartans charged him with treason causing him to flee to the Persian’s for his remaining 10 years.
  • Period: 518 BCE to 465 BCE

    Xerxes

    Xerxes the 1st was the 4th king of the Achaemenid Empire, like his predecessor Darius, Xerxes also led the Empire at it’s peak. Briefly owning more land than even Darius the great had before crushing losses culminating in Salamis.
  • Period: 508 BCE to 508 BCE

    Isagoras Seizes Power

    Isagoras was appointed the chief civil officer in the wake of Cleisthenes death. Under order from the king of Sparta he was ordered to disband Cleisthenes most powerful allies in an attempt to establish tyranny instead of democracy.
  • Period: 507 BCE to 507 BCE

    Revolution in Athens

    The Athenians revolted against the oppression of Isagoras and his Spartan backers in an attempt to return to the democratic society Cleisthenes had established. They won, executing Isagoras’ backers, though Isagoras somehow escaped.
  • Period: 499 BCE to 493 BCE

    Ionian Revolt

    The Ionain Revolt was a rebellion against the Persian rule in their region of Asia Minor. The revolt is associated with other revolts in Aeolis, Doris, Cyprus and Caria.
  • Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE

    Greco-Persian Wars

    The Greco-Persian Wars were a series of conflicts featuring the Persian Empire led by Xerxes and the Greek alliance led by the Athenians, which then went on to contribute to the Athenians growth post war. The key battle in the war was the battle in Salamis.
  • Period: 495 BCE to 429 BCE

    Pericles

    Pericles was the most notable politician, philosopher and general of the Athenian golden age, having had a large say in the outcome of the Greco-Persian Wars. He was also the man to lead Athens into an age of democracy, the Parthenon is still standing as a monument to his achievements.
  • Period: 494 BCE to 479 BCE

    Mardonius

    Mardonius was one of the chief Perisan generals during the Greco-Persian Wars. He was also Darius’ grandson, Xerxes nephew and Artaxerxes cousin. He was killed in the battle of Plataea in 479. He became a general in the year 494.
  • Period: 478 BCE to 404 BCE

    Delian League

    The Delian League was a group made up of all of Greece’s Polis’ headed by Athens in order to defeat the Persians. The other Polis’ had to pay to remain in the league with Athens, said money was used to bolster the infrastructure of the city. The league was disbanded in 404bc by the Spartans.
  • Period: 472 BCE to 472 BCE

    Aeshylus, The Persians

    The Persians is a Greek tragedy written by the tragic Aeshylus, it is the second and only remaining part of a lost trilogy that won the Athens’ City Dionysia. The play mocked Xerxes and his attempted invasion, most likely stemming from Aeshylus’ time in the army.