Timeline:B.C.
1600 Mycenaean Culture
1200 Dorians invade
1100 Ionian colonies formed
800 Greek alphabet
776 First Olymic games
750 Homer's epic poems
700 Rise of Athens
600 Coined money
534 Thespis founds Greek tragedy
520 Persia conquers Ionia
490 Persian wars begin
479 Persain wars end
477 Delian League is formed
470-400 Height of Greek theatre
461-429 Pericles rules Athens
431 Peloponnesian wars begin
404 Athens surrenders to Sparta
399 Socrates drinks hemlock
385 Plato founds the Academy
359 Phillip II King of Macedonia
343 Aristotle tutors Alexander
336 Alexander succeeds Phillip
323 Alexander dies