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384 BC: Birth of Aristotle. 370 BC: Death of Democritus. 331 BC: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela, completing his conquest of Persia. 326 BC: Alexander the Great defeats Indian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River. 323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon.
Jul 11, 2019 · 525: Egypt falls to the Persians and becomes a satrapy under Cyrus's son Cambyses. 509: Traditional date for the founding of the Roman Republic. 508: Athenian lawgiver Cleisthenes reforms the constitution of ancient Athens, setting it on a democratic footing. 509: Rome signs a friendship treaty with Carthage.
c. 7000 BCE - c. 600 BCE. The Indus Valley (or Harappan) Civilization . 6000 BCE - 1750 BCE. Sumerian civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates valley. 2000 BCE - 1450 BCE. Minoan civilization in Crete and the Aegean . 1900 BCE - 1100 BCE. Mycenaean civilization in Greece and the Aegean . c. 1500 BCE - c. 500 CE.
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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.
2 days ago · 2000 BCE. Early Greeks settle the Peloponnese . 1900 BCE - 1100 BCE. Mycenaean civilization in Greece and the Aegean . 1650 BCE - 1550 BCE. Eruption of Thera and consequent tidal waves, destruction of Akrotiri and other Aegean centres. c. 1100 BCE. Greeks implement use of individual tombs and graves. 1100 BCE.
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According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another version, where the city would be located) Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself. This story of the founding of Rome is the ...
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Jan 10, 2022 · The Archaic Period – (650-480 BC) The next period on the Ancient Greece timeline is the Archaic Period. During this era, the ancient Greek city-states we know – Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, etc. – rose to prominence and set the stage for the Classical period, the most famous from ancient Greek history. Messenian Wars – (743 – 464 BC)
