Welcome to Ancient Greece
In this section you are to look at the lead up to the Classical Period of Ancient Greece's history.
Ancient Greece is called 'the birthplace of Western civilisation'. About 2500 years ago, the Greeks created a way of life that other people admired and copied. The Romans copied Greek art and Greek gods, for example. The Ancient Greeks tried out democracy, started the Olympic Games and left new ideas in science, art and philosophy (thinking about life).
The Ancient Greeks lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in what is now Turkey, and in colonies scattered around the Mediterranean sea coast. There were Greeks in Italy, Sicily, North Africa and as far west as France. Sailing the sea to trade and find new land, Greeks took their way of life to many places.
Timeline of Ancient Greece
776 BC: Traditional date for the first Olympic Games
c. 750: Greek cities start planting colonies on other Mediterranean coasts, adapt the Phoenician alphabet for their own use, and later adopt metal coinage from Lydia, in Asia Minor
594: Solon gives Athens a new constitution; this is the start of the rise of democracy in Greece
490-479: The Persian Wars - Athens and Sparta lead the Greeks in defending their land against invasion from the huge Persian Empire
447: Work begins on the Parthenon in Athens, then at the height of its glory
431-404: The Second Peloponnesian War - Athens is defeated by Sparta, which now becomes the leading power in Greece
399: The Athenian philosopher Socrates is condemned to death for questioning conventional ideas
338: King Philip II of Macedon defeats the Greek city-states and imposes his dominion on them.
TASK
Create a visual timeline covering Ancient Greece from 776 B.C to 300 B.C.. Use the above timeline as a guide and include 3 additional key events on your timeline. Write an additional informative paragraph about The Minoans.
Use the above information, as well as information from the following websites:
Ancient Greece - Timelines - The British Museum
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/time/explore/exp_set.html
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Ancient Greece - Definition - Ancient History Encyclopedia
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