ancient greece

  • 1100 BCE

    Beginning of Ancient Greece

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic game

  • 750 BCE

    Greek Colonies established in Italy and Sicily

    greek colonies established in southern italy and sicily, they also invent the greek alphabet.
  • 600 BCE

    The beginning of Greek Culture

    The greek culture start around 600 BCE, the culture was based on gods and goddess for nearly everything the three major gods were Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
  • Period: 540 BCE to 480 BCE

    Leonidas the king of Sparta

    leonidas changed sparta and the world because he change the nature of history because if he won he might of taken over more land and maked a bigger mark on Ancient Greece and next Period's like Ancient Rome and the future.
  • 509 BCE

    Athenians create democracy

    The Athenians governed themselves with a new system call "democracy"/"power of the people".
  • 486 BCE

    The first comedy drama at Athens

  • 393 BCE

    Romans abandon Olympic games

    Romans abandon Olympic games - they don't happen again for 1500 years.
  • Period: 356 BCE to 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander The Great impact on Western civilization was that he helped to create Hellenistic culture and definitely was the cause of it’s spread throughout the Middle East. This may be said, for example, to have helped lead to christianity in that brought the Middle East into close connection with Eurpeon world.
  • 323 BCE

    End of Ancient Greece

    My timeline shows about the events that shaped ancient Greece and the next periods and the rest of history, all the way from the Olympic games that are still around to Alexander the Great how impact on the Western Civilizations , to sume it up the timeline shows the impact the Ancient Greeks had on the Romans and on the people of the modern world.
  • 212 BCE

    Archimedes invents war machines

    Archimedes invents war machines like the catapult - they keep the romans out for three years.
  • 146 BCE

    Greece becomes part of Roman Empire