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The Bronze Age 3,000 BC to 1100 BC |
2,000 - 1,700 BC Mycenean enter mainland Greece. | |
| 1,700 - 1,500 BC The height of Minoan Civilization is reached. | ||
| 1,400 BC The rise of Mycenean naval strength. | ||
| 1,200 BC The Trojan War, civil war, and the fall of the Mycenean. | ||
| 1,150 BC Dorian Immigration into Greece mainland. | ||
| 1,150 - 1,100 BC Aeolian Immigrations begin to Asia Minor. | ||
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The Dark Age 1,100 - 800 BC |
1,100 BC End of Mycenean age and civilization. Early city states are ruled through monarchy. | |
| 1,100 - 1,000 BC Ionian Immigration to Asia Minor. | ||
| 900 BC Dorian migration to the Aegean islands, Asia Minor (area around Rhodes), and through the Peloponnesus. | ||
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Archaic Period 800 BC - 500 BC |
800 - 700 BC Monarchies begin to be replaced by Aristocratic Republics. | |
| 776 BC Date of the first Olympic games. | ||
| 621 BC Draco's code of law - Athens. | ||
| 600 BC Coin currency introduced. | ||
| 566 BC Panathenaic festivals established. | ||
| 546 BC Persian invasion and conquest of Greek territories through out Asia Minor. | ||
| 507 BC Cleisthenes' democratic constitution. | ||
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Classical Period 500 - 400 BC |
490 BC First Persian invasion of Greece, the Battle of Marathon. | |
| 480 BC Second Persian invasion of Greece, Spartans are defeated at Thermopylae, Athens is occupied by the Persians. The Persians are finally defeated at Salamis. | ||
| The founding of the Delian League. | ||
| 479 BC Persians are defeated at Plataea. | ||
| 448 BC Peace with the Persians | ||
| 443 - 429 BC Pericles is leader of Athens during the Golden Age. | ||
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431 - 404 BC The Peloponnesian War |
430 BC Plague in Athens | |
| 411 BC Revolts in Athens | ||
| 404 BC Athens Surrenders to Sparta. | ||
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Late Classical Period 400 - 330 BC |
395 - 340 BCWarfare between rival Greek leagues. | |
| 371 BC Thebes defeats Sparta at Leuctra | ||
| 338 BC Philip of Macedonia leads the Greek City States. | ||
| 336 - 323 BC Alexander the Great's reign begins. | ||
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Hellenistic Age 330 - 30 BC |
323 - 148 BC Greek City States remain relatively independent. Frequent warfare continues between rival leagues. | |
| 200 - 196 BC First Roman victories over Greece. | ||
| 148 BC Macedonia becomes a Roman providence. | ||
| 146 BC Corinth destroyed by the Romans. | ||
| 86 BC Athens is sacked by Sulla. | ||