Persia and Greece Timeline

By PaulNChinnam
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympics

    First Olympics
  • 750 BCE

    Greek City-States

    Greek City-States
  • Period: 750 BCE to 336 BCE

    Era of Greek City-States

    Greece had hundreds of small city-states or small settlements. Most were modest in size with 500-5,000 male citizens. All of Greece’s population together only added up to 2-3 million. Each of these city states was fiercely independent and in frequent conflict with its neighbors, even though they spoke the same language and worshipped the same God’s. Every four years they paused their conflicts to come together and compete in the Olympic games, which began in 776 B.C.E
  • 553 BCE

    Persian Achaemenid Empire

    Persian Achaemenid Empire
  • Period: 553 BCE to 330 BCE

    Persian Achaemenid Empire

    The Persian Achaemenid empire was among the world's largest empires. The Persians constructed an imperial system based on previous empires such as the Babylonian and Assyrian empire but surpassed them both in size and efficiency. Centered about an elaborate cult of kingship, Persian conquests quickly reached from Egypt to India; encompassing approximately 50 million people and consequently establishing a diverse society containing dozens of people, states, languages, and traditions.
  • 490 BCE

    Greco-Persian War

    Greco-Persian War
  • Period: 490 BCE to 480 BCE

    Major Battles between Persia and Greece

    Persia captured the greek settlements of Inionia who rebelled against their rule and was supported by Athens. Persia responded to the revolt by sending part of their military to punish Athens and Greece. The greeks managed to win, and it became a big point of pride for Greece and led to a social thinking of Greece equaling peace and Persia equaling despotism. Winning this battle led to the Golden age. Also Persia didn’t suffer big losses as a whole but losing to Greece was embarrassing.
  • 479 BCE

    Golden Age of Athens

    Golden Age of Athens
  • Period: 479 BCE to 429 BCE

    Golden Age of Athens

    50 years after the Greco- Persian Athens's democracy flourished and was more accepting to the poor. Greek culture was furthered by people such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides who created Greek theater, and Socrates who began his work as a philosopher. Also an empire rose during this time Athens became imperialist which led to the Peloponnesian War.
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    Peloponnesian War
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    After Athens's Golden Age, Athenian efforts to solidify Athen’s dominant position among the allies led to strong resentment, which led to the Peloponnesian War. Athens was defeated during this war, while the Greeks exhausted themselves and showed their distrust to one another. They were eventually taken over by the growing forces of Macedonia, which would begin the major spread of Greek culture.