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Mycenaean and Dark Ages | Archaic Age | Classical Period | Hellenistic Period
8th Century - 700s B.C.
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- c. 800-750 B.C.: Alphabet developed.
- 776 B.C.: Traditional start of the Olympics.
- 775 B.C.: "Ripe Geometric Pottery" with triangular torsos.
- c. 750-730 B.C.: First Messenian War.
- 750-700 B.C.: Late Geometric.
Overpopulation.
Trade routes established. - 725-675 B.C.: Colonization of Magna Graecia.
govt by the few - End of 8th century B.C.: Lelantine War.
- 700-650 B.C.: Orientalizing in pottery.
Mythology used for themes.
stone sculptures.
Elders councils share in gov't.
Spartiates, helots, perioikoi. - 735 B.C. Chalcidians and Ionian Naxians settled Naxos near Mt. Aetna.
- 734 B.C.: Dorian Corinthians settled Syracuse and Corcyra.
- 728 B.C.: Chalcidians founded Catane and Leontini; Megarians founded Hyblaean Megara.
- 721 B.C.: Achaeans settled Sybaris.
- 715 B.C.: Cymaeans and Chalcidians founded Zancle.
- 707 B.C.: Spartans settled Taras as a colony.
- 703 B.C.: Achaeans settled Croton.
- c. 700 B.C.: Phrygian Midas dedicates throne to the god of Delphi.
7th Century - 600s B.C.
- 690-c. 640 B.C.: Archilochus of Paros fl.
- 688 B.C.: Rhodians and Cretans settled Gela.
- 664 B.C.: Traditional naval battle between Corinth and Corcyra.
- 660 B.C.: Megara sent out colonists to Chalcedon, Byzantium, and Selymbria; Milesians settled Sinope, Trapezus, Abydos, Cyzicus,; Phocaea colonized Lampsacus.
- 660-c. 620 B.C.: Semonides fl.
- 628 B.C.: Megarians settled Selinus.
- c 650-600 B.C.: Colonizing continues.
- 650-530 B.C.: dominates.
- 650-610 B.C.: Spartan poet Alcman fl.
- 640-620 B.C.: Second Messenian War.
- 621 B.C.: Draco's law code.
- c. 600 B.C.: Periander destroys Epidaurus.
- 600 B.C.: Sparta controls Messenian helots, forms alliances.
6th Century - 500s B.C.
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- 595-585 B.C.: First Sacred War.
- 590 B.C.: Solon's reforms.
- 681 B.C.: Dorians settled Acragas (home of Empedocles).
- 550 B.C.: Athens tyrants
Red-figure. - 529 B.C.: Sparta invades Samos.
- 512 B.C.: Sparta helps Athens get rid of tyrants.
Peloponnesian League. - 507 B.C.: Cleisthenes' democratic reforms.
- Before 500 B.C.: Trireme in general use.
- 500 B.C.: Ionian revolt.
- 490 B.C.: Marathon.
Sparta leads Hellenic league against Persia.
