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Traditionally Homer writes
the Iliad and the OdysseyThe Iliad recounts a Greek
campaign against the city of TroyThe Odyssey recounts the Greek
Hero Odysseus and his sail homePhoenician merchants establish trade
between the far ends of the Mediterranean SeaGreeks start participating
in a centralized empireGreeks increasingly mingle
with different peoplesGreeks organize a series of city-statesCretans travel abroad in advanced sailing craftThera volcanic eruption destroys AkrotiriCretans establish colonies on Cyprus
and many islands on the Aegean SeaMinoan society declines after
a series of natural disastersThe wealth of Minoan society
attracts invaders and their empire fallsIndo-Europeans migrate into the Greek
peninsula creating Mycenaean societyMycenaeans trade with Minoans and visit CreteMycenaeans build massive stone fortresses
and palaces throughout southern GreeceMycenaeans engage in a conflict with
the city of Troy, The Trojan WarMany poleis 'citadel' become
city-states, returning orderSpartan slaves outnumbers Spartans 10 to 1,
causing most Spartans to be soldiersSpartan society loses its austere disciplineTrade brings prosperity to AthensAthens almost falls to Civil War
but a compromise is reachedPainted cup depicts Spartans huntingAthenian leaders increase the opportunities
for citizens to participate in governmentGreeks fight intermittent wars with the PersiansGreeks found more than 400 colonies
along the Mediterranean Sea and Black SeaGreek colonies dot the shores of SicilyGreeks establish Massilia in modern day FranceGreek colonization spreads the Greek language,
increases trade ans intermingles culturesGreek colonies rebel,
sparking the Persian WarsPersian King Darius supresses Greek rebelionAthenians route the much larger Persian fleetPersian King Xerxes dispatches
huge army that burns AthensSparta forces Athens to
an unconditional surrenderKingdom of Macedon is a
prominent state north of GreeceGreek cities trade with Macedon
bringing it great wealthPhillip starts annexing GreecePhillip rules all of GreecePhillip is assassinated by one of his bodyguardsAlexander conquers Ionia and AnatoliaAlexander conquers MesopotamiaAlexander burns the Achaemenid palaceAlexander conquers PersiaAlexander subjects PunjabAlexander and his army return to
Susa in Mesopotamia to celebrateAlexander falls ill and diesAlexander's generals divide his
empire into three large states:
Antigonid, Ptolemaic and SeleucidRomans end the Antigonid empireRomans end the Ptolemaic empireParthians displace the Seleucid empireAlexandrian Museum has more
than seven hundred thousand worksBactria governors withdraw from
the Seleucid empire and establish an
independent Greek kingdomTrade generate large prosperity for the GreeksTraditionally, the first Olympic games occurGreek communities share a
collective sense of identityPoleis adopt strictly patriarchal structures'The Diskobolos' a Greek statue
depicting a powerful disk throwerFemale Greek poet Sappho composes poetryVase depicting Sappho the poetPasion an Athenian slave wins
his freedom and citizenshipTrade allows the Greeks gain all
sorts of technological advancementsGreeks adopt the Phoenician
alphabet to their languageGreek thinkers work with science and
math from Mesopotamia and EgyptEclipse takes place as predicted by Ionian theoristAthenians sentence Socrates to death for passing the bounds of proprietyGreeks are still recognized
as intellectual authoritiesReligious cults are reigned in by the poleisAeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides write tragic dramasBattle of MarathonBattle of SalamisBattle of PlataeaPeriodi
Greeks culturally and commercially
dominate the Mediterranean SeaCrete inhabitants build lavish palacesCrete is center of Mediterranean commerceMinoans embark on a new round of
palace building to replace those
destroyed in the disastersMinoan SocietyMycenaeans expand their
influence beyond GreeceChaos reigns in the eastern Mediterranean
region as invasions and civil war break outSparta expands explosivelyLife of Pericles,
Athenian leaderPersian WarsPeloponnesian War
(Spartans vs. Athenians)Reign of Macedon
King Phillip IIReign of Bactrian King MenanderLife of Greek Philosopher SocratesLife of Plato, Socrates discipleLife of Aristotle, Plato's discipleMycenaean societyEra of classical Greek polisReign of Alexander of Macedon
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