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HISTORY INTRODUCEAncient GreeksYear ___

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Ancient Greek achievements and influence|

Ancient Greek civilisation|

left an incredible legacy whenBritain was in the Iron Age

490 BC Battle of Marathon

300 BC

200 BC

336 BC - Alexander the Great becomes king of Ancient Greece

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Persia and Egypt conquered

323 BC - Alexander the Great died

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Romans became more powerful

Romans defeat the Greeks

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Battle of Corinth ends Greek rule

500 BC

431 BC – 404 BC Peloponnesian war404 BC Sparta defeated Athens

146 BC

480 BCBattle of Thermopylaeand Salamis

472 BCTheatre

developed in Athens

Greeks weaken and decline in power and influence

Hellenistic Period

c. 323 BC – 146 BCfrom the death of Alexander the Great

to the end of the Greek Empire

Classical Period

c. 500 BC – 323 BCwhen Greek war, art, architecture,

theatre and philosophy thrived

democracy architecture

theatre|

arts|

myths and fables warfare

Olympic games philosophy andgreat thinkers

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

399 BC|

Socratessentenced to death

432 BC the Parthenon built

800 BC Ancient Greek written history began

508 BC democracyand voting introduced in Athens

800 BC

570 BC - Pythagoras(Greek mathematician) was born

750 BC - Homerwrote the Iliad

and the Odyssey.

700 BC

600 BC

500 BC

776 BC First Olympic Games

powerful city-states built|

Athens and Sparta

400 BC

Archaic Period

c. 800 BC – 500 BCArkhē meaning beginning

Important sites of Ancient Greece

Sparta

Athens

Knossos

Troy

Persian Empire(Now called Turkey)

Olympia

Mount Olympus

Marathon

Salamis

Thermopylae