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Note that this timeline is by no means comprehensive.  It is meant to give you a brief summary of ancient Greek history from 2000 to 250 BC.

2000	Ancestors of Greeks probably in Greece by now.  Minoan Palace society begins on Crete
1750	Peak of Minoan civilization in Crete.
1700	Knossos destroyed by earthquake or war
1600	Knossos rebuilt within a century; brilliant civilization flourishes
1500	Peak of Mycenaean civilization. Hittite Empire in Asia Minor.
1470	Volcano destroys Cretan civilization through ash, poisonous vapors,seismic 250 meter high waves. Mycenae established as new cultural center
1250	Decline and eclipse of Mycenaean civilization.
1200	Trojan war begins
1184	City of Troy falls to the Greeks under Agamemnon
1000	Greek colonization of eastern coasts of Aegean.
850	Iliad and Odyssey
790	Greek trading settlement at Al Mina in Syria
776	First recorded Olympic games held; they are open only to pure Greeks with no police record
760 - 750	Euboean foundation of Cumae in Italy
750	Geometric Pottery. Beginning of Greek colonization in Mediterranean and Black Sea.
735 onwards	Greek colonization of Sicily and south Italy
735 - 715	Spartan conquest of Messenia
700	Lelantine War between Chalcis and Eretria
700 - 650	Cimmerian raids in Asia Minor
700	Homer.
700	Milesian colonization of Black Sea and approaches; continuous contact with Egypt opened
665	Egypt independent under Psamtek I (XXVI Dynasty)
664	Naval battle between Corinth and Corcyra, the first sea battle known to Thucydides
650	Messenian revolt against Sparta. Tyrtaeus. 'Lycurgan' reform at Sparta.  Early Lyric poets. Early sculpture.
650	Cypselus overthrows Bacchiad aristocracy at Corinth. Tyranny at Sicyon. Archilochus
632	Cylon unsuccessfully attempts tyranny at Athens
630	Thera founds Cyrene
621	Draco, Athenian lawgiver, issues a code making nearly every offense a capital crime ("draconian")
600	End of Assyria. Lydia powerful in western Asia Minor.  Alcman
597	Athenian statesman Solon established government by the rich
595 - 586	Sacred War for control of Delphi
594	Archonship of Solon at Athens
590 - 580	Pittacus' rule at Mytilene. Poet Sappho flourishes on island of Lesbos. Poet Alcaeus
585	Battle between Medes and Lydians interrupted by solar eclipse, allegedly foretold by Thales
583	Overthrow of Corinthian tyranny
582	First regular celebration of Pythian games at Delphi
581	Isthmian games
573	Nemean games
565	General Peisistratus organizes political party of farmers, shepherds, artisans, and the poor; later he will confiscate his enemies' wealth and give it to the poor
561	Peisistratus' first attempt at tyranny at Athens
560	Spartan defeat in Arcadia
550	Sparta dominant in Peloponnese. Treaty with Tegea
550	Rise of Persian Empire.
546	Final establishment of Peisistratus' tyranny at Athens
545	Cyrus overthrows Croesus of Lydia and conquers Ionia
528 - 527	Hippias succeeds Peisistratus at Athens
510	Sparta expels Hippias from Athens. Conflict between Isagoras and Cleisthenes
507	Reforms of Cleisthenes at Athens
506	Spartan expedition against Athens frustrated by mutiny of Corinthians and others
500	First known conference of Peloponnesian League. Heraclitus. Empedocles. Threat of Persian Empire to Greece. Persian invasion of Greece defeated.
499 - 494	Ionian Revolt against Persia
498 - 491	Hippocrates tyrant of Gela
498	Earliest dated poem of Pindar
490	Birth of Herodotus
490	Athens wins battle of Marathon against Persians led by Darius.  Gelon tyrant at Gela
485 - 478	Gelon tyrant at Syracuse
483	Themistocles persuades Athens to build large fleet
480	Battle of Thermopylae and Artemisium won by Persians under Xerxes; Persians occupy Attica and sack Athens; Battle of Salamis returns victory to Greeks.  Gelon defeats Carthaginians at Himera
479	Greek victories over Persians at Plataea and Mycale ends Persian invasions
478 - 477	Pausanias recalled to Sparta. Athens founds Confederacy of Delos. Hieron succeeds Gelon at Syracuse
478	Pausanias' campaign to Cyprus and Byzantium
475 - 465	Anti-Spartan movement in Peloponnese
474	Hieron defeats Etruscans at Cumae
472	Aeschylus presents his first surviving play, The Persae (The Persians) thereby founding a classical tragedy through use of heroic infusions into previously simple form
470	Revolt of Naxos against Athens
469	Cimon's victory over Persians at R. Eurymedon
468	Sophocles wins first tragedy drama prize defeating Aeschylus.  Death of Simonides
467	Death of Hieron
466 - 465	Revolt of Thasos from Athens
464	Earthquake at Sparta. Messenian revolt
462	Reforms of Ephialtes at Athens. Murder of Ephialtes. Exile of Cimon
460 - 454	Athenian expedition to Egypt
459 - 454	Fighting in Greece (First Peloponnesian War)
458	Oresteian trilogy by Aeschylus
457	Golden age in Athens begins as Pericles promotes architecture and art and studies philosophy with Anaxagoras
455	Euripides' first play. Approximate date of Thucydides' birth
454	Treasury of Confederacy moved from Delos to Athens
451	Pericles' law restricting Athenian citizenship
450	Great age of Attic tragedy. Parthenon. Herodotos.
449	Herodotus's l History
449	Peace between Athens and Persia
448	Rebuilding of Persian-destroyed Acropolis
447	Parthenon begun
446	Boeotia and Megara revolt from Athenian control. Federal constitution of Boeotia. Spartan invasion of Attica. Thirty Years' Peace between Athens and Sparta
441	Euripedes wins drama prize
440	Heracleitus forms theory of universal flux
440	Revolt of Samos against Athens
438	Parthenon completed
437	Athens founds Amphipolis in Thrace
436	Birth of Isocrates
432	Peloponnesian wars begin
431	Theory of four humors of the body formed by Empedocles
431	Outbreak of Peloponnesian War
429 - 427	Peloponnesian siege of Plataea
429	Death of Pericles; plague destroys a third of the population.  Birth of Plato
427 - 424	First Athenian expedition to Sicily
427	Aristophanes' first play
425	Spartan detachment cut off on Sphacteria near Pylos and forced to surrender
424	Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.   Expedition of Brasidas to Thrace. Athenian defeat at Delium in Boeotia Brasidas captures Amphipolis. Thucydides exiled from Athens
422	Battle outside Amphipolis, Cleon and Brasidas killed
421	Alcibiades comes to the fore of political and military intrigue
421	Peace of Nicias
420 onwards	Sporadic fighting in Peloponnese
418	Sparta defeats Athens and Argos at Mantineia
416	Alcibiades urges conquest of Sicily and Carthage
415	Alcibiades accused of destroying religious statues and is called to stand trial; he joins Spartans against Athens.  Athenian expedition against Syracuse
413	Sparta formally resumes war against Athens, and fortifies Deceleia in Attica. Destruction of Athenian force in Sicily
412	Spartans lose confidence in Alcibiades; he goes to Persia
411 – 410	Oligarchic revolution of the Four Hundred at Athens
411	Democracy overthrown by oligarchic extremists Antiphon, Peisander and Phrynichus; Alcibiades recalled and reelected general
410	Spartans and Persians crushed under leadership of Alcibiades
409	Recapture of Byzantium.   Carthaginian invasion of Sicily
408	Alcibiades enters Athens in triumph is given autocratic powers
407	Alcibiades defeated at Notium; is replaced
406	Athenian victory over Spartan fleet at Arginusae Six of the victorious generals condemned to death for not picking up survivors
405	Aristophanes produced The Frogs.  Dionysius I tyrant at Syracuse. Athenian fleet defeated at Aegos potami in Hellespont
404	Athens capitulates to Sparta; ends Peloponnesian war; Athens is starved into submission; plague sweeps city
404	Surrender of Athens. Revolt of Egypt from Persia. Oligarchy of the Thirty set up at Athens
403	Restoration of democracy at Athens
401	Thucydides dies.   March of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II. Cyrus killed at Cunaxa. Retreat of the Ten Thousand to the sea with Xenophon one of their leaders
400 - 395	Spartan campaigns against Persians in Asia Minor
400	Peloponnesian War. Socrates. Thucydides. Aristophanes.
399	Socrates condemned and executed for flouting conventional ideas and corrupting youth
396	Siege of Syracuse by Carthaginians who withdraw after plague in their camp
395	Alliance of Thebes/Athens/Argos against Sparta. Battle at Haliartus and death of Lysander
394	Corinthian War. Spartan victories at Nemea River and Coroneia
392	Spartan victory at Lechaeum outside Corinth.  Negotiations for peace;first mention of 'Common Peace'. Democratic revolution in Corinth
390	Iphicrates destroys Spartan mora
387 - 386	King's Peace
384	Birth of Aristotle
383	Spartans seize citadel of Thebes
379 - 378	Liberation of Thebes
378 - 371	Athens and Thebes at war with Sparta
378	Sphodrias' march against Peiraeus. His acquittal at Sparta. Formation of Second Athenian Confederacy
373	Destruction of temple of Apollo at Delphi
371	Thebes defeats Sparta at Leuctra
370	Murder of Jason of Pherae
367	Death of Dionysius I; succession of Dionysius II. Plato at Syracuse
362	Battle of Mantineia; death of Epameinondas
359	Accession of Philip II of Macedona
357 - 355	Social War between Athens and her allies
357	Dion 'liberates' Syracuse
356	Philomelus of Phocis seizes Delphi. Outbreak of Sacred War
354 c.	Death of Xenophon
354	Tomb for King Mausolus built at Halicarnassus.  Demosthenes' first public speech
350	Plato.
347	Plato's Academy founded and will continue for 876 years; Plato formulates The Republic.  Death of Plato. Aristotle leaves Athens
346	Peace of Philocrates between Athens and Philip. Philip ends Sacred War
344	Expedition of Timoleon to Sicily
343	Demosthenes' unsuccessful prosecution of Aeschines. Aristotle goes to Macedon as tutor to Alexander
342	Aristotle, pupil of Plato, arrives in Macedon where his father is physician to King Philip
340	Resumption of war between Athens and Philip
338	Philip of Macedon defeats Athenians and Thebans at Battle of Chaeronea.  Death of Isocrates. Formation of League of Corinth
336	Philip assassinated; succeeded by Alexander
335	Aristotle returns to Athens, opens a Lycaeum; develops a deductive system and scientific method.   Alexander destroys Thebes
334	Alexander invades Asia
333	Alexander is victorious over Persia
332	Alexander is victorious over Egypt
331	Alexander is master of the Persian empire
330	Alexander takes Persepolis; atomic theory of Democritus is developed
329	Alexander enters Samarkand
327	Alexander takes southern India
325	The Persae by Tinotheus of Miletus is the earliest papyrus written in Greek that will survive
324	Meander writes "new comedy" in a lighter vein than the plays of Aristophanes
323	Alexander dies of typhoid fever; wars of Diadochi (successors) begin for control of his empire
30O	End of the Persian Empire.
250	Hellenistic kingdoms.