World History I

  • 850 BCE

    Homer

    Poet who wrote the Illiad and Odyssey
  • 800 BCE

    Greece begins to rise

  • 800 BCE

    Oligarchy's form in Sparta

  • 630 BCE

    Draco creates reform

    Tyrant that worked for better laws in Athens
  • 621 BCE

    Aristocracy Begins

  • 600 BCE

    Solon works for reform

    Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet who worked for moral laws
  • 550 BCE

    Peloponnesian League is started

  • 509 BCE

    Roman Republic is founded

    Type of Government in Rome
  • 508 BCE

    Aristocracy Ends

  • 507 BCE

    Democracy Begins

  • 500 BCE

    Coin Use began in almost every city-state

  • 495 BCE

    Pericles is ruler

  • 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Salamis

  • 480 BCE

    Golden Age of Pericles

  • 478 BCE

    Delian League Founded

  • 450 BCE

    Twelve Tables was written

    Rome code of law
  • 447 BCE

    Pericles rebuilt Athens and the Parthenon

  • 447 BCE

    Athena was created by Phidias

  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnessian War Starts