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The legacy of Ancient Greece is apparent everywhere. Historical facts on Greece have been widely studied. Below is a timeline of major historical events from the Cycladic & Minoan Civilizations to the Dark Age, Classical Age, Hellensitic Period, Roman Rule and the Ottoman Rule.
Cycladic & Minoan Civilizations (3000 BC - 1100 BC)
- 2000 BC - First palace was built in Crete
- 1700 BC - Minoan palaces were rebuilt after an earthquake
Dark Age (1200 BC - 800 BC)
- 1200 BC - Dorians conquered Greece
- Initiated the introduction of Iron Age Technology
- 1000 BC - Marked the beginning of the Geometric Age with the first appearance of pottery
Archaic (Middle) Age (800 BC - 480 BC)
- 800 BC - Marked the surfacing of independent cities
- 490 BC - The Persians were conquered at the Battle of Marathon
Classical Age (480 BC - 338 BC)
- 461 BC - 429 BC - Sochocles' and Euripides' plays were written
- 431 BC - 404 BC - Peloponnesian Wars
- 399 BC - Socrates was sentenced to death
- 384 BC - Aristotle was born
Hellenistic Period (338 BC - 146 BC)
- 338 BC - Phillip of Macedon conquered Greece
- 323 BC - Alexander the Great died
- 168 BC - The Romans conquered Macedon at the Battle of Pydna
Roman Rule (146 BC - 324 AD)
- 67 AD - Nero initiated work on the Corinth Canal
- 132 AD - The Temple of Olympian Zeus was completed in Athens
Byzantine Age (324 AD - 1453 AD)
- 384 AD - Christianity became Greece's official religion
- 529 AD - The schools of philosophy in Athens was closed by Emperor Justinian
- 1210 AD - The Venetians acquired all key Greek ports including Crete
Ottoman Rule (1453 AD - 1829 AD)
- 1453 AD - The Ottoman Turks took over Constantinople
- 1669 AD - Crete surrendered to Turkey
- 1821 AD - The War of Independence was initiated as Bishop Germanos raised the Greek flag at Patras
- 1829 AD - The Greek independence was finally accepted and the Treaty of Adrianople was created
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