Ancient Greece Timeline
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Updated: 22 Feb 2018
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Created byEMILY MCCASKILL
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Beginning of the Minoan PeriodFoundation of Mycenaean PalacesPalace complex at Knossos destroyed. Minoan civilization comes to an end.The Trojan WarDestruction of Mycenaean Palaces. Doric invasionsEnd of Mycenaean civilisationFirst Olympic GamesThe Iliad and the Odyssey composed. Greek alphabet established. Greek colonies established in Sicily and Southern ItalyColony of Cyrene establishedSolon renews the laws of Athens.Kleisthenes reforms the Athenian constitution and Athens becomes a democracy!Battle of Marathon: Greece versus Persia I (Greece wins!)Athenians discover silver in the mines at Laureion.Battle of Thermopylae: Greece versus Persia II. Battle of SalamisBattle of Plataea (Greece wins . . . eventually!)Athens establishes the Delian League.461–445 BC: First Peloponnesian War: Athens versus Sparta (draw)431–404 BC: Second Peloponnesian War: Athens versus Sparta (Sparta wins.)Plague in AthensDeath of PericlesAthenian expedition to Sicily defeatedSocrates tried and executedPhilip II becomes king of Macedonia.Alexander the Great bornAlexander the Great defeats the Persians at Gaugamela and becomes the new King of Persia!Death of Alexander the GreatDeath of AristotlePtolemy the Great founds the library at Alexandria.Philip V of Macedon defeated by the RomansMacedonia becomes a Roman province.Romans invade Greece and take control. Ancient Greece comes to an end.
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