ANCIENT GREECE

Mesolithic Period8300BC-7000BC

Earliest evidence of burials found in Franchthi Cave in the Argolid, Greece The cave was occupied from the Palaeolithic

circa 20 through the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, being abandoned about 3000 BC . It is one of the very few settlements in the world that shows continuous human occupation for more than 20,000 years.

Neolithic Period7000BC-3000BC

Evidence of food producing economy, simple hut construction, and seafaring in mainland Greece and the Aegean

Bronze Age3000-1100BC

Mycenean enter mainland Greece The Mycenaean civilization flourished during the

period roughly between 1600 BC

The height of Minoan Civilization is reached The Minoan civilization, a Bronze Age civilization,

arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC

The Trojan War, civil war, and the fall of the Mycenean

Dark Age1100-800BC

End of Mycenean age and civilization. Early city states are ruled through monarchy.

No more monumental stone buildings were built and the practice of wall painting may have stopped.

Archaic Period800-500BC

776BC First Olympic games

Coin currency introduced. Lydian electrum trite-This coin type, made of a

gold and silver alloy, was in all likelihood the world's first, minted

Persian invasion and conquest of Greek territories through out Asia Minor.

Classical Period500-400BC

First Persian invasion of Greece, the Battle of Marathon.

The founding of the Delian League was an association of 173 Greek city-states under the

leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire

The Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient

Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta

Late Classical Period400-330BC

Warfare between rival Greek leagues

The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta leads the Greek City States.

Hellenistic Age330-30BC

First Roman victories over Greece

Corinth , a Greek city state, destroyed by the Romans

Athens is sacked by Sulla. Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix commonly known

as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman.