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The earliest Greek
civilizations thrived nearly 4,000 years ago. Yet, their culture still
impacts our lives today, in the arts, in philosophy, and in science, math,
literature and politics. The
ancient Greece civilization lasted from about 800 BC, when the Greeks
began to set up city states, to 146 BC when the Romans invaded Greece.
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 776 BC |
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| The first Olympic games. |
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about 750 BC |
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Early Greek culture. Homer writes the
epics 'The Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'. |
 650
- 580 BC |
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| Corinth is ruled by the tyrant Kypselos
and then his son Periander. |
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508 BC  |
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Democracy begins in Athens |
 490 and
480 BC |
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| Greeks defeat Persian invaders at the
battles of Marathon (490 BC)and Salamis (480 BC). |
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by 450 BC  |
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Athens becomes a very powerful city, and
controls an empire. |
 472 -
410 BC |
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| Greeks theatre thrives in Athens. Many
of the most famous Greek plays are written during this time. |
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462 - 429 BC |
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Perikles is the popular leader at Athens
as the general of the Athenian army |
 432
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| The Parthenon in Athens is finished
being built. |
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431 - 404 BC  |
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War between Athens and Sparta (the
Peloponnesian war) |
| 428 BC |
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| The revolt of Mytilene |
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404 BC |
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Sparta defeats Athens.
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338 BC |
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| Philip, king of Macedonia, takes
control of Greece. |
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336 - 323 BC |
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Alexander the Great, son of Philip,
conquers most of the known world as far east as India. |
146 BC |
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| Rome conquers Greece - Greece becomes
part of the Roman empire. |
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