Greek Timeline
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Updated: 19 Oct 2018
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Created byAlex Ramsey
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First Olympic GamesFirst Messenian WarHomer begins to write the Iliad and OdysseyThe Greek Tyrants come into powerDraco introduces strict new laws in AthensThe first Greek coins are introducedPythagoras is bornDemocracy is introduced in Athens by Cleisthenes.The Greeks fight the PersiansSophocles begins to write plays for the theatreFamous playwright Euripides wins first prizeThe temple to Athena, the Parthenon, is completed in Athens on the
AcropolisThe wars between Sparta and Athens beginThe famous Greek philosopher Socrates is put to deathGreek philosopher and student of Socrates, Plato, founds the first
institutionThe great philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, Aristotle, begins
to tutor AlexanderAlexander the Great becomes king when his father, Philip of Macedon
is assassinatedAlexander begins his conquests and defeats the PersiansAlexander conquers EgyptThe Hellenistic period begins when Alexander the Great diesEuclid, a Greek mathematician, writes ElementsRome conquers Greece making it part of the Roman Empire
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