Prehistory

Rise and Fall of Empires

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Mediterranean Chronology

The Archaic Period

c. 800-500 BC

As urban life returned to Greece after the Dark Ages, many of the institutions characteristic of Greek society developed, such as epic poetry, the "polis" or "city-state" and the hoplite phalanx.

c. 850-800 BC: Homer
c. 800 BC: Hesiod
776 BC: The beginnings of the Olympic Games
750-650: The development of the hoplite.
750-500 BC: Greek colonization.
700-500: Tyrants rule many Greek city-states.
c. 600 BC: The beginnings of Greek Philosophy
c. 594-508: Development of Athenian Democracy
c. 537 BC: The Beginnings of Greek Drama

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