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1000 BCE
Creation of Poleis
The Greeks would create Poleis for each of their city-states. This would allow them to experiment with many types of government and allow the Greeks to become very independent. -
776 BCE
Beginning of the Olympic Games
The Greeks would create the Olympic games that would allow all of the Greeks to showcase their strengths. This would have a lasting impact as the Olympics were reestablished in the modern era. -
750 BCE
Homer Creates the Iliad and The Odyssey
Homer wrote the Iliad and The Odyssey. These poems would have a profound impact on Greek culture and would later be read by other civilizations showing how important pieces of literature they are. -
508 BCE
Creation of Democracy
Athens creates the first democracy after Cleisthens allowed all eligible male citizens to vote. This would have a drastic impact on history as democracy would be used by many prominent nations in Western civilization. -
490 BCE
Persia Invades Greece
The Persian invasion of Greece would lead all of the Greek cities to unite and defeat the Persians. This would be a major blow to the Persians as they were supposed to be the most powerful nation in the world. -
431 BCE
Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War would kick off one of the most important wars in Greek history as it would shift the balance of power within Greece. -
425 BCE
Herodotus Writes About the Persian War
Herodotus' writings about the Persian War would allow him and other historians to write about history in the way that we understand it for the first time. -
338 BCE
King Philip of Macedonians Unites Greece
The unification of Greece allowed all of the Greeks to be unified for the first time in history. This allowed the Greeks to fully display their power in their coming conquests. -
334 BCE
Alexander Begins His Conquests
Alexander would first attack the Persians in 334 BCE. This would begin his long conquest of the Persian empire that would bring him to the borders of India. -
283 BCE
Creation of the Library of Alexandria
The creation of the Library of Alexandria would create one of the first universities in the world. The library would get texts from all around the world and create the best scholarly databases of the time.