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Explore the timline of Greece. Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands. Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy (Socrates...
This is a timeline of ancient Greece from its emergence around 800 BC to its subjection to the Roman Empire in 146 BC. For earlier times, see Greek Dark Ages, Aegean civilizations and Mycenaean Greece. For later times see Roman Greece, Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Greece. For modern Greece after 1820, see Timeline of modern Greek history.
Modern Greece covers the period from 1821 to the present. At its cultural and geographical peak, Greek civilization spread from Egypt all the way to the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan.
Use this ancient Greece timeline to better understand the story of the ancient Greeks, one of the most powerful ancient civilizations in history.
1821-1829 - Greek War of Independence from Ottoman Empire. 1832 - Prince Otto of Bavaria is chosen as the first king of independent Greece. 1863 - King Otto is deposed; Prince William of...
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Greece including ancient Greece, Athens, Sparta, democracy, Alexander the Great, Roman rule, the Ottoman Empire, independence, and current events.
Explore the timline of Ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece is considered by many historians and scholars as one of the most influential civilizations to ever exist. The history of this civilization and its people is often divided into three main periods – the Archaic Period, the Classical Period, and the Hellenistic Period.
Browse through this ancient Greek timeline to examine more than a millennium of Greek history. The beginning is prehistory. Later, Greek history combined with the history of the Roman Empire. During the Byzantine Period Greek and Roman Empire history were back in geographically Greek hands, again.
The timeline of Ancient Greece begins in the 8th century BC when Greece managed to emerge from the Dark Ages after the fall of the Mycenaean civilization. It ends with the annexation of Greece to the Roman Empire in 146 BC.