Greek timeline
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the timeline of Greece
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The Bronze Age begins in GreeceThe beginning of the Trojan War.Iron is introduced. The Iron Age beginsThe first Olympics takes place at OlympiaHomer writes the poems the Odyssey and the Iliad.The Greek Tyrants come into power.Math genius Pythagoras is born.
He will develop the Pythagorean Theorem.Athens develops the first democracy.The Greeks defeat the Persians at the
Battle of Marathon ending the First Persian War.The Second Persian War ends when the
Greeks defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis.The Golden Age of Athens begins with the rule of Pericles.The Parthenon is completed in AthensA plague strikes Athens killing thousands including Pericles.Athens is defeated by Sparta to end the Peloponnesian War.Socrates is put to death for corrupting the youth of Athens.Alexander the Great dies.
The Greek Empire is the largest in world history.
After his death, the empire becomes fragmented and begins to decline.The Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople and topple the Byzantium Empire.
Greece becomes part of the Ottoman Empire.Periods
The city-states of Athens and Sparta emerge
and become major powers in the region
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