Ancient Greece

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  • 1900 BCE

    Mycenaeans Settlement

    Mycenaeans Settlement
    They settled in mainland Greece while learning the land was infertile so they couldn't grow grain which was important to have so the Mycenaeans became traders to get grain.
  • 750 BCE

    lliad and odyssey

    lliad and odyssey
    Lliad and odyssey became some of the most famous literary work in Greek literature. This was significant because there was no other texts in the Western imagination occupy as central as a position in the self-definition of Western culture as the two epic poems of Homer,
  • 720 BCE

    Military school

    Military school
    It was mandatory that all Athenian women and men attended military school for a minimum of two years.this shows that ancient Greece was preparing everyone for war because they expect war to happen.
  • 500 BCE

    Formation of the Greek city states

    Formation of the Greek city states
    This is when the Greek city states formed to where people live in now days.
  • 499 BCE

    Persian wars

    Persian wars
    Greece bordered the Persian Empire which was bound to make conflict occur. Both civilizations carried power, the thirst for conquest was strong.
  • 490 BCE

    Athens sends aid in Greeks war

    Athens sends aid in Greeks war
    Athens sent helpful military equipment and other supplies which helped the Greeks defeat Persia.
  • 446 BCE

    Peace

    Peace
    This was the beginning of a 30 year's period in which there was no war
  • 431 BCE

    27 year war

    27 year war
    The Athens were attacked by the Spartans which created a 27-year war. Pericles was the political leader of Athens who developed a strategy that majorly relied on the navy.
  • 429 BCE

    The Parthenon

    The Parthenon
    The Parthenon was built at a time of prosperity during Athens golden age, to honor their god Athena.
  • 425 BCE

    Start of Greek Drama

    Start of Greek Drama
    Displays how many people in Ancient Greece could read and write back then and it also shows how they had time for specialization and leisure. This is significant since drama has become so popular to this day in Greece.
  • 336 BCE

    philip's assassination

    philip's assassination
    Alexander the Great became king when his father Philip of Macedon was assassinated
  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great dies

    Alexander the Great dies
    When Alexander died the Ancient Greek civilization began its decline then the Ancient Romans bagan to gain power.
  • 215 BCE

    First Macedonian War

    First Macedonian War
    The first Macedonian war was a diversion during the Punic Wars. It was caused by increasing involvement by Rome in Greek affairs.
  • 146 BCE

    Rome conquers

    Rome conquers
    Rome conquers Greece making it part of the Roman Empire. At first the Romans let Greece think they had independence but they didn't so the Romans took action in 146 bc.The Romans made Greece into a province of the Roman Empire.
  • 5 BCE

    ‘City Dionysia’

    City Dionysia is held in Athens every year at the beginning of spring.This festival honors the god Dionysus who lasted about a week, and over half of that time would be dedicated to back-to-back theatrical performances – up to seventeen plays over the course of four days. This is apart of drama its important to the Greeks because it helped honor the god