Ancient Greece

By Ella Yu
  • 331

    Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeats the Persian Empire and spreads Greek culture throughout the region.(331 BCE)

    Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeats the Persian Empire and spreads Greek culture throughout the region.(331 BCE)
    Alexander III of Macedon , known as Alexander the Great (21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of Macedon. (http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=zh-CN&sl=en&u=http://www.ancient.eu/Alexander_the_Great/&prev=search)
    Alexander the Great is important because by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires in ancient history, also he is known as one of the greatest commanders of all time and was undefeated in battle. (http://translate.google.ca/tr)
  • 400

    Hippocrates practises and he studies meicine. (400s BCE)

    Hippocrates practises and he studies meicine. (400s BCE)
    Was a Greek physician of the Age of Pericles ( Classical Greece ), and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine .
    (http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=zhCN&sl=en&u=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates&prev=search)
    He was important because Hippocrates was the father of medicine, he is the great figures in medicine
  • 431

    Peloponnesian Wars

    Peloponnesian Wars
    The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.The Peloponnesian War reshaped the ancient Greek world.On the level of international relations, Athens, the strongest city-state in Greece prior to the war's beginning, was reduced to a state of near-complete subjection, while Sparta became established as the leading power of Greece.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War
  • 447

    The construction of the Parthenon is completed in Athens.(447 BCE)

    The construction of the Parthenon is completed in Athens.(447 BCE)
    Is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis , Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena , whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Also I think this temple is important because It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece , generally considered the zenith of the Doric order. And one of the world's greatest cultural monuments.
    (http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=zh-CN&sl=en&u=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon&prev=search)
  • 505

    Cleisthenes establishes the first democratic constitution.

    Cleisthenes establishes the first democratic constitution.
    Cleisthenes:
    He is the maternal grandson of the tyrant Sicyon Cleisthenes , since the latter 's daughter 's youngest son and her husband Agariste Megacles. In order to prevent the traditional clan , which led to a conflict between tyranny in the first place , he changed the political organizations from four traditional tribes.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleisthenes
  • May 22, 621

    Athens develops a written code of laws. (621BCE)

    Athens develops a written code of laws. (621BCE)
    Draco (lawgiver)
    Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece . He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Draco's written law became known for its harshness, with the adjective " draconian " referring to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(lawgiver)
  • Jan 1, 650

    Ancient Greek Tyrants. (650BCE)

    Ancient Greek Tyrants. (650BCE)
    In ancient Greece, tyrants were influential opportunists that came to power by securing the support of different factions of a deme. The word tyrannos, possibly pre-Greek, Pelasgian or eastern in origin then carried no ethical censure; it simply referred to anyone, good or bad, who obtained executive power in a polis by
    unconventional means.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrant
  • Jan 1, 700

    The Polis (city/state) becomes the centre of Greek life. (c.700 BCE)

    The Polis (city/state) becomes the centre of Greek life. (c.700 BCE)
    There were eventually over 1,000 poleis in the Greek World but among the most important were Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Syracuse, Aegina, Rhodes, Argos, and Eretria (http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=zh-CN&sl=en&u=http://www.ancient.eu/Polis/&prev=search) This was important because, the Polis is the is the city heart, Also individual polis was independent from other poleis in terms of political, judicial, legal, religious and social institutions and practices, each polis was in ef
  • Jan 1, 776

    The first Olympic Games tack place (776 BCE)

    The first Olympic Games tack place (776 BCE)
    According to historical records, the first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BCE, is in the western part of the Peloponnese which, according to Greek mythology, is the island of "Pelops", the founder of the Olympic Games.(http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=zh-CN&sl=en&u=http://www.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-games&prev=search)
    I think the first Olympic Games is important because is continue 12 century, also the Olympic Games is the all world peoples traditional。
  • Socrates is sentenced to death on charges of corrupting the young with his ideas and teachings.(399 BCE)

    Socrates is sentenced to death on charges of corrupting the young with his ideas and teachings.(399 BCE)
    Was a classical Greek ( Athenian ) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosoph。 Also he's important because some of the later contributions of Socrates to Hellenistic Era culture and philosophy as well as the Roman Era have been lost to time, his teachings began a resurgence in both medieval Europe and the Islamic Middle East alongside those of Aristotle and Stoicism. (http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=zhCN&sl=en&u=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates&prev=search)
  • Plato opens an academy of learing in Athens.( c.380 BCE)

    Plato opens an academy of learing in Athens.( c.380 BCE)
    387 BC in Athens . Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) studied there for twenty years (367 BC – 347 BC) before founding his own school, the Lyceum . This school is important because the students of an Academy-in-exile could have survived into the 9th century, long enough to facilitate an Arabic revival of the Neoplatonist commentary tradition in Baghdad ,beginning with the foundation of the House of Wisdom in 832.(http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=zh-CN&sl=en&u=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platon)
  • Development Sparta Greece enactment (800BCE)

    Development Sparta Greece enactment (800BCE)
    Sparta develops the first code of Greek written law to govern its military city-state. Also is the Dark Age of Greece & the Rise of the Polis,
    By 800 BCE, these fortified centers had produced more security and settled conditions that triggered two important developments vital to the emergence of Greek culture. First, the more settled.
    http://www.flowofhistory.com/category/export/html/27