Prehistory

Ancient Greece

c. 2000 to 50 BC

It is ironic that the collection of city-states that made up Ancient Greece could have had such an impact on so much of the world. Greece never achieved the political or economic dominance of the Persians or Romans, but the cultural legacy of Greece contributed to the development of Roman, Sassanid, Islamic, Western European and even Indian culture.

c. 2000-1300 BC: Minoan Civilization

2000 BC: The Palace at Knossos

c. 2000- 1100 BC: Mycenean Era

c. 1100- 800 BC: The Greek Dark Age

c. 1100 BC: The Dorian invasion of Greece.

c. 800-500 BC: The Archaic Period

c. 850-800 BC: Homer

c. 800 BC: Hesiod

776 BC: The beginnings of the Olympic Games

c. 600 BC: The beginnings of Greek Philosophy

c. 594-508: Development of Athenian Democracy

c. 500- 300 BC: The Hellenic Period--Classical Greek Culture

499-479: The Persian Wars
480-404 BC: The highpoint of Athenian culture
431-404: The Peloponnesian War

c. 300-50 BC: The Hellenistic Period

c. 336- 323 BC: The Conquests of Alexander the Great
323: Ptolemy becomes ruler of Egypt (Ptolemaic Kingdom)
306: Seleucus founds the Seleucid Kingdom
279: Celtic invasion of Balkans and Asian Minor
276: Antigonus founds the Antigonid (Macedonia) Kingdom

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