| Minoan Civilization c. 2200 B.C. |
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| Mycenaean Civilization c. 1900-1100 B.C. |
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| Legend of the Trojan Horse c. 1250 B.C. |
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| Dorians & Ionians Begin to Settle in Greece c. 1100 B.C. |
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| Greek Language Gains an Alphabet c. ninth century B.C. |
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| Lycurgus 825 B.C. |
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| Homer c. 800 B.C. |
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| The Olympic Games 776 B.C. |
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| The Rise of Athens & Sparta c. 700-500 B.C. |
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| The Acropolis in Athens c. 600s B.C. |
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| Solon c. 638-559 B.C. |
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| Pisistratus the Tyrant 605-527 B.C. |
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| Draco c. 600 B.C. |
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| Aesop's Fables 600 B.C. |
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| Pythagoras 566 B.C. |
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| Temple of Diana (Artemis) 550 B.C. |
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| Democracy Begins in Athens c. 508 B.C. |
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| Cimon c. 507-449 B.C. |
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| Pericles c. 495-429 B.C. |
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| Battle of Marathon 490 B.C. |
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| Pheidippides 490 B.C. |
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| Miltiades 490 B.C. |
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| Xerxes I 485-465 B.C. |
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| Herodotus c. 484 B.C. |
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| Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae 480 B.C. |
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| Battle at the Bay of Salamis 480 B.C. |
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| Golden Age of Greece (Athens) c. 479-431 B.C. |
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| Socrates c. 469-399 B.C. |
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| Aristides the Just died c. 468 B.C. |
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| Hippocrates c. 460-377 B.C. |
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| Democritus c. 460-370 B.C. |
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| Statue of Zeus c. 450 B.C. |
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| Alcibiades c. 450-404 B.C. |
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| Parthenon 447 B.C. |
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| Xenophon 430-357 B.C. |
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| Peloponnesian War 431-404 B.C. |
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| Plato 429-347 B.C. |
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| Epaminondas 418-362 B.C. / Pelopidas died 364 B.C. |
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| The Theatre in Delphi fourth century B.C. |
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| Lysander died 395 B.C. |
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| Aristotle 384-322 B.C. |
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| Demosthenes 384-322 B.C. |
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| Philip II of Macedonia 382-336 B.C. |
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| Alexander III 356-323 B.C. |
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| Euclid 335-270 B.C. |
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| Zeno 335-263 B.C. |
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| Battle of Granicus c. 334 B.C. |
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| Battle of Issus c. 333 B.C. |
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| Battle of Gaugamela c. 331 B.C. |
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| The Split of Alexander's Empire c. 323 B.C. |
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| Hellenistic Civilization 323-30 B.C. |
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| Apelles fourth century B.C. |
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| Diogenes died 320 B.C. |
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| Pyrrhus 318-272 B.C. |
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| Ptolemy II Philadelphus 308-246 B.C. |
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| Archimedes 287-212 B.C. |
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| The Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria c. 283 B.C. |
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| Eratosthenes c. 275-195 B.C. |
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| Septuagint third century B.C. |
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| The Colossus of Rhodes c. 200s B.C. |
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| Cleomenes III 236-220 B.C. |
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| Aristarchus 217-145 B.C |
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| The Rosetta Stone 196 B.C. |
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| Hipparchus 190 B.C. |
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| Antiochus Epiphanies & The Maccabean Revolt 167-143 B.C. |
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| Fall of Greece c. 166-146 B.C. |
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| Plutarch c. 46-120 A.D. |
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| Ptolemy second century A.D. |
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