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Greece Timeline Greece Timeline http://ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html Resources Greece Timeline Timeline Pictures Posters Teachers & Students 8000 BCE Mesolithic Period Desktop Wallpaper (8300-7000) Related Pages Earliest evidence of burials found in 7250 BCE Franchthi Cave in the Argolid, Greece Map of Ancient Grece Evidence of food producing economy, 7000 BCE Neolithic Period simple hut construction, and seafaring in (7000-3000 BCE) mainland Greece and the Aegean Explore More First "Megaron House" at Sesclo, in 5700 BCE central Greece Links: Alexander the Great Evidence of earliest fortifications at 3400 BCE Chronology Dimini, Greece The timeline of Greek 3000 BCE Mathematecians Houses of Vasiliki and Myrtos Aegean Bronze Age Messara Tholoi or Early Bronze Age Mathematecians born in House of Tiles at Lerna (3000-2000) Greece Minoan Prepalatial or: EMIA, EMIB Timeline of Greek (3000-2600 BCE) Drama Early Cycladic Culture Greek and Roman (3200-2000) Theater and Theatrical Early Helladic Period Masks Timeline (3000-2000) Full Chronology of Mathematics (including Greek mathematicians) 2600 BCE Minoan Prepalatial Period A Detailed Chronology of or: EMIIA, EMIIB, MMIII Greek History (2600-2000 BCE) A New Bronze Age Chronology (more) Destruction of Minoan settlements 2000 BCE Minoan Protopalatial The Thera (Santorini) Period Volcanic Eruption and or: MMIA, MMIB, MMI IA, the Absolute Chronology MMI IB, MMI IIA, MMI of the Aegean Bronze IIB, LMIA Early Age (1900-1700 BCE) Assiros Phases (Revised Early Middle Cycladic (2000-1600 BCE) chronology of the end of Mycenaean Civilization) Middle Helladic Period or Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550) Destruction of Minoan palaces 1700 BCE Settlement of Akrotiri, Thera Minoan Neopalatial Grave Circle B at Mycenae Period or: LMIA Advanced, LMIA Final, LMIB Early, LMIB Late, LMII (1700-1400) 1 of 6 9/10/09 6:41 AM Greece Timeline http://ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html Eruption of Thera volcano (sometime 1627 BCE between 1627 and 1600) Grave Circle A at Mycenae 1600 BCE Late Bronze Period Legends: Argo Voyage, Heracles, or The Heroic Age Oedipus (1600-1100) Tholos Tomb at Mycenae 1550 BCE Late Helladic Period (1500-1100) Linear B writing (1450-1180) 1450 BCE Mycenaean Palaces 1400 BCE Evidence of expanded Mycenaean trade at Minoan Postpalatial Levand Period or: LMIIIA1, LMIIIA2, LMIIIB, LMIIIC (1400-1100) Palace of Knossos destruction 1370 BCE "Sea Peoples" begin raids in the Eastern 1300 BCE Mycenaean Culture Mediterranean (1300-1000) Trojan War (1250 or 1210) 1250 BCE Destruction of many Mycenaean palaces 1200 BCE Doric Invasions? (1200-1100) Sea Peoples (1200-1100) 1180 BCE Sub-Mycenaean Period (1180-1050) Destruction of Miletus and resettlement 1100 BCE Sub-Minoan Period (1150-950) Dark Age of Greece (1100-700) Proto-Geometric Period (1100-900) End of Mycenaean civilization 1000 BCE Lefkandi: Toumba building 900 BCE Geometric Period (900-700) First Olympic Games 776 BCE Greek colonies established in Southern 750 BCE Late Geometric Italy & Sicily (circa 760-700) Invention of Greek alphabet Homeric poems recorded in writing (750-700) 740 BCE Orientalizing Period (circa 740-650) First Messenian War 730 BCE Sparta invades Messenia (730-710) Naxos founded (734) Syracuse founded (733) 2 of 6 9/10/09 6:41 AM Greece Timeline http://ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html 700 BCE Archaic Period (700-480) Earliest Lyric Poets 650 BCE Second Messenian War 640 BCE Sparta invades Messenia (640-630) Cyrene founded (630) Sappho born in Lesbos 630 BCE Thales (625-545) born in Miletos 625 BCE Pythagoras (ca. 569-475) born in Samos 569 BCE Solon replaces the Draconian law in 594 BCE Athens and lays the foundation for Democracy. He introduced to Athens the first coinage and a system of weights and measures Pisistratos becomes tyrant of Athens 546 BCE Pesistratos Dies. His sons become tyrants 527 BCE of Athens Red-figure pottery developed in Athens 525 BCE Alcmaeonid family and Spartans free 510 BCE Athens from tyranny. Introduction of Democracy in Athens Kleisthenes begins reforming Athenian 508 BCE code of laws, and establishes a democratic constitution Ionian revolt 499 BCE Ionian revolt defeated by Persians 494 BCE Persian Wars 497-479 BCE Battle of Marathon 490 BCE Athenians defeat Darius and his Persian army Silver mines discovered near Athens. 483 BCE Athens begin building naval fleet Aristides ostracized 482 BCE Xerxes marches on Greece 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae Classical Period Persians burn the Acropolis (480-323 ) Athens and allies defeat Persian fleet at Transitional (480-450) naval battle of Salamis Battle of Plataea 479 BCE Greeks defeat Persian army Delian league lead by Athens 477 BCE 3 of 6 9/10/09 6:41 AM Greece Timeline http://ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html Earthquake in Lakonia 465 BCE Helot revolt against Sparta in Messenia Peloponnesian Wars: 461-445 "First Peloponnesian War" Perikles leads Athens through its "Golden 460 BCE Era" (ca. 460-429) Aeschylus produces "the Oresteia" trilogy 458 BCE of tragedies (Agamemnon, Libation Barers, Eumenides) in Athens Delian league treasury moved from Delos 454 BCE to Athens Sophist Protagoras visits Athens 450 BCE Acropolis and other major building 449 BCE projects begin in Athens Construction of Parthenon (449-432) Sophocles produces the tragedy "Ajax" Thirty-year peace treaty signed between 446 BCE Athens and Sparta in winter 446/445 Sophocles produces "Antigone" in Athens 441 BCE 430-429 Peloponnesian War (431-404) resumes 431 BCE Euripedes produces "Medea" in Athens Plague epidemic in Athens 430 BCE Death of Perikles 429 BCE Peace of Nicias 421 BCE Construction of Temple of Athena Nike 420 BCE (420-410) Athenians resume hostilities 418 BCE Spartans defeat Athens at Mantinea Athens razes Melos 416 BCE Athens expedition to Syracuse 415 BCE Alcibiades defects to Sparta Syracuse defeats Athens 413 BCE Aristophanes produces "Lysistrata" 411 BCE Athens surrenders to Sparta 404 BCE Thirty tyrants rule Athens Democracy restored in Athens 403 BCE Trial and execution of Socrates 399 BCE Plato establishes the Athens Academy 380 BCE 4 of 6 9/10/09 6:41 AM Greece Timeline http://ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html Sparta defeated in Leuctra 371 BCE Thebes defeats Sparta at Mantinea 362 BCE Philip II, becomes King of Macedonia 359 BCE Macedonian army defeats Athens and its 338 BCE allies at Chaeronea League of Corinth founded Phillip II Assassinated. 336 BCE Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedonia Aristotle founds the Lyceum in Athens 335 BCE Alexander the Great defeats Persian army 334 BCE at Granicus river in Anatolia Alexander the Great defeats Persians at 333 BCE Issus Tyre capitulates to Alexander after siege 332 BCE Alexander invades Egypt 331 BCE City of Alexandria founded in Egypt Alexander defeats Persians at Gaugamela Alexander's army reaches Bactria 329 BCE (Afghanistan) Alexander marries Roxane (princes of 327 BCE Bactria) Alexander's army reaches India 326 BCE Death of Alexander the Great 323 BCE Hellenistic Period (323-146) Aristotle dies 322 BCE Stoic philosopher Zeno founds school in 310 BCE Athens Stoic philosopher Epicurus founds school 307 BCE in Athens Ptolemy I founds museum in Alexandria 300 BCE Archimedes (287-212) born in Syracuse 287 BCE Achaean League founded 284 BCE Invasion of Greece by Gauls 279 BCE Gauls defeated by king Attalus I 238 BCE First Macedonian War (214-204) 214 BCE Rome defeats Philip V of Macedon 5 of 6 9/10/09 6:41 AM Greece Timeline http://ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html Second Macedonian War (200-196) 200 BCE Victory of Flamininus at Cynoscephalae Third Macedonian War (172-168/7) 172 BCE Lucius Aemelius Paulus of Rome defeats Perseus of Macedon at Pydna. Macedonia divided into four republics Roman Invasion of Greece 146 BCE Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and Late Hellenistic or dissolves the Achaean league. Greco-Roman (146-30) Rome rules Greece henceforth Romans lead by Sulla sack Athens 86 BCE Battle of Aktion 31 BCE Octavian (later Augustus) defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra Death of Cleopatra 30 BCE End of "Ancient Greece" period Archaeology • History • Culture • Maps • Architecture • Museums • Art • Photos • Timeline • Desktop Photos • Teachers & Students • Posters • Glossary • Books [ Ancient Greece ] [ index ] [ about ] [ bibliography ] [ contact ] [ bookmark-(Cmnd+D) ] © 2003-2009 Ancient-Greece.org. All Rights Reserved. 6 of 6 9/10/09 6:41 AM.
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