Ancient Greek Timeline by Walter Harris

776 BC

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First Olympic Games

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Sparta and Messenia (two Greek states) had a multi-year war

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A lawyer makes laws, making some crimes punishable by death

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A tyrant takes over a state

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Democracy becomes a thing a you can vote for how things run

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Persia and Greece have a war which is the first one between them

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Hippocrates ‘Father of Medicine’ is born in Kos

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Athena’s temple has been completed, Parthenon

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A war starts between Athens and Sparta begins, it last for over 27 years

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A philosopher called Plato makes the Academy of Athens

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Aristotle is born (a Greek philosopher) which will become part of Plato’s academy

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Alexander becomes a king in Macedonia and is later on named Alexander the great

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Alexander the Great takes over Egypt and makes Alexandria (here is a photo of modern Alexandria)

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Euclid is born and he is known today for his creation of geometry

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The Romans take over after the Battle of Corinth and Greece is now a part of its empire